Oadby Observatory
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Oadby Observatory
Image: © Ashley Dace Taken: 1 Dec 2010
This is the University of Leicester facility next to the sports club. The larger dome was opened in 1980 but refurbished with a brand new 20-inch piCETL Telescopehttp://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/physics/news/images/obs5.jpg. Being opened by Professor Jeff Hoffman, a former NASA astronaut on the 7th December 2009. There is also a smaller dome with a smaller telescope. The observatory is used by the physics and astronomy department with under/post graduate projects as well as research by professionals. The astro society (of which I am a member) has the Tuesday fortnightly spot from 8-12pm. On the less cloudy nights Jupiter (plus all 4 moons), Neptune, Uranus, Andromeda, Vega and several other sights have been viewed. Throughout the year more planets should appear like Venus, Mars and Saturn although I have already seen Mars and its methane icecaps at Seething Image
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Image Location
Latitude
52.608894
Longitude
-1.082455