What’s On

The event will begin with a personal welcome from our astronomer, Gary Fildes. Gary is a very experienced science communicator and astronomer, and founder of the Kielder Observatory, where he […]

On these dark starry nights, we are treated to a planetary delight as this celestial heavyweight lines up for our telescopes. Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system […]

So tonight's event will concentrate on the exciting field of Astrophotography. It seems nowadays everyone has a camera, be it on a smartphone or a good DSLR. If you do […]

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Due to popular demand, we have laid on this exclusive event to educate the little ones on all things spacey! What better way to get the kids into astronomy and science than a visit to the UK's newest public observatory. Your little ones will enjoy an interactive talk in the classroom and then children will […]

Tonight's event promises to be a spectacular evening of astronomy. The event will begin with a personal welcome from our astronomer, Gary Fildes. Gary is a very experienced science communicator and astronomer, and founder of the Kielder Observatory, where he was Director and CEO for over 11 years. After the welcome, Gary and the team […]

Tonight's event promises to be a spectacular evening of astronomy. The event will begin with a personal welcome from our astronomer, Gary Fildes. Gary is a very experienced science communicator and astronomer, and founder of the Kielder Observatory, where he was Director and CEO for over 11 years. After the welcome, Gary and the team […]

On these dark starry nights, we are treated to a planetary delight as this celestial heavyweight lines up for our telescopes. Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system and could swallow ~1300 earths, this gas giant planet is a turbulent environment as it spins on its axis once every 9.5 hours - this […]

Tonight's event promises to be a spectacular evening of astronomy. The event will begin with a personal welcome from our astronomer, Gary Fildes. Gary is a very experienced science communicator and astronomer, and founder of the Kielder Observatory, where he was Director and CEO for over 11 years. After the welcome, Gary and the team […]

The event will begin with a personal welcome from our astronomer, Gary Fildes. Gary is a very experienced science communicator and astronomer, and founder of the Kielder Observatory, where he […]

Due to popular demand, we have laid on this exclusive event to educate the little ones on all things spacey! What better way to get the kids into astronomy and […]

The event will begin with a personal welcome from our astronomer, Gary Fildes. Gary is a very experienced science communicator and astronomer, and founder of the Kielder Observatory, where he […]