On 12 December 2025 At 03:09:36 UTC, astronomers at the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium (AOP) have captured what is believed to be the first video recording of a lunar impact flash in Ireland, and the second recorded from the UK! What you can see is a brief flash of light Read more
A Winter wonderland above – December night sky December nights, where the sky greets you like an icy cathedral of stars and wonder, and the nights draw darker earlier. It is also the time of year where Santa takes flight with his reindeers. This year he will have quite the view with the constellations twinkling bright telling him their ancient stories, the Geminids shining beneath him like a shooting star runway and Jupiter glowing like a guiding beacon. A Read more
While 2020 was in many ways a strange and challenging year for many of us in one way or another, the heavens certainly gave us cause to look up and find some measure of celestial relief. Well there is good news! 2021 will be no different as we can prepare Read more
Ah, the winter night sky, how we love thee. The shorter daytime means even longer to stargaze; if we are lucky here in Armagh we will get some high pressure days leading to crisp, clear, starry nights. So, in the evenings after your Christmas shopping has finished for the day Read more
The long cold dark nights have well and truly settled in, and now that it’s December it’s officially acceptable to say the C word. Christmas, Christmas is coming! And so is Santa Claus! Decorations are going up, there’s mad panic to buy Christmas presents and families are organising who’s having dinner and where. Ahh I love this time of year.