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Chris Lintott Praises Astronomy Festival



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Back in 1675 by King Charles II decided he liked astronomy and founded The Royal Greenwich Observatory on top of a hill at latitude 0 in Greenwich, London. Fast forward 300 odd years to just after WWII and the lights and pollution in London made it a bit tough to see the stars properly. So the whole shebang upped and moved 60 miles out of London to Herstmonceux in Sussex. Fast forward another forty-odd years to 1990 and, with their biggest and best telescope relocated to the International Roque de los Muchachos Observatory in the Canary Islands, they shut up shop and moved to Cambridge.
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Astronomy Festival 2008 at the Observatory Science Centre



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Sir Patrick Moore was the star attraction at the Herstmonceux Astronomy Festival over the weekend.
The legendary broadcaster and writer wowed the crowds with his talk entitled My View of the Moon.

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Herstmonceux Astronomy Festival
Friday 5th September 6.30pm 11pm

The annual Herstmonceux Astronomy Festival is an extremely successful weekend and we are again proud to present another exciting weekend for 2008. Come and soak up the incredible atmosphere that surrounds this event.

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