Building Refurbishment 2017
The Telescope
Historical Photos
The Building
In the Press
Events
Video
The telescope tracks the stars by clockwork! Video showing details of the centrifugal governor and time adjustment mechanism as well as the counter weight wire and drum.
Podcasts
Interviews with members of the Fernley Observatory Heritage Group and Southport Astronomical Society at our recent open day. Published with permission of Brian Conlan for Hospital Radio Heartbeat.
Links
Southport Astronomical Society
https://southportastro.org
Interactive star map and virtual sky
http://neave.com/planetarium
Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer
http://www.stellarium.org/en_GB/
StarCalc – a planetarium and star mapping program for Windows
http://www.m31.spb.ru/StarCalc/
Cart Du Ciel – Sky maps and charts
https://www.ap-i.net/skychart/en/start
SpaceEngine – a free space simulation program
http://en.spaceengine.org