University of Hertfordshire Observatory

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The University of Hertfordshire's Observatory at Bayfordbury in the UK. Find out how to visit or study with us here: https://linktr.ee/bayfordburyobservatory

Static footage of the CDK24 telescope, housed inside a large steel dome.
A video of the aurora over the course of a few hours
Another image of the Aurora, with stronger purple curtains visible across the sky
An image of the sky with purple aurora
An expanding plume moving across the sky in a sped up video
A sped up video showing an expanding rocket fuel plume moving across the sky over 10 minutes
A blue cloud-like spiral in the sky
Two radio telescopes, with lights around the edges of the dishes
A radio telescope - which looks like a giant satellite dish - moves around to point towards the sky
An inflatable planetarium underneath the stained glass windows of St Albans cathedral
An image of Jupiter, with three of its moons (two to the left, one to the right) visible as pinpricks of light. Jupiter can be seen in detail, with reddish-brown horizontal bands of cloud wrapping around it.
With severeal telescope domes in the foreground, there is a large circular halo around the Sun. The halo is approximately twice the size of an outstretched hand at arm's length.
A large inflatable planetarium inside a school hall
A 360 degree view of the night sky showing Mars, Jupiter, the Moon, Saturn and Venus forming a loose line across the sky.
A low-angled view of four telescope domes, with frosty grass in the foreground
A bright dot, which is the James Webb Space Telescope, moves across a field of stars. The brightness of JWST changes as it moves across the sky.
A photo of a cloudy sky
A large telescope pointing to the sky, with the interior of the dome illuminated with dim red light.
A detailed image of the moon