@NatAstroWeek

1-9 February 2025. This year we'll be chasing the Moon across the sky to find a treasure trove of planets, star clusters and more in the evening skies

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Today's theme is SATURN - go to our website to find out how to spot this planet, and a seaside photo from one of its moons. astronomyweek.org.uk/
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National Astronomy Week is here! If you haven't yet printed out your Chase the Moon Chart, now's the time to do it! And check out our events map for events near you. astronomyweek.org.uk/chasing…
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National Space Academy
@UKSpaceAcademy1 Feb 2025
We're celebrating #NationalAstronomyWeek with some of our favourite astro facts! Be sure to check out @NatAstroWeek for plenty of fab resources and information!
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Science Oxford@scienceoxford1 Feb 2025
It’s #NationalAstronomyWeek! We'll celebrate the moon, stars & planets at our sold-out #StarryNight event. But there's also lots to do all week from home. Visit @NatAstroWeek to chase the moon & more. Look out for Mars, Jupiter, Venus & Saturn! #NAW2025 ow.ly/P5LQ50UR9Lp
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Royal Astronomical Society@RoyalAstroSoc29 Jan 2025
What’s it like in space? Is Earth as beautiful as the pictures? Are the stars even brighter from orbit? What would YOU #askanastronaut? ✋🗣️👩‍🚀 For pupils at three lucky UK schools that’s exactly the opportunity they’ll have as part of National Astronomy Week. ⤵️
Screen grab from the YouTube livestream for the event 'Schoolchildren Meet Polaris Dawn Astronauts – LIVE!'.

ALT Screen grab from the YouTube livestream for the event 'Schoolchildren Meet Polaris Dawn Astronauts – LIVE!'.

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🌈The STEM Hub@STEMHUB_SE27 Jan 2025
Celebrate @NatAstroWeek 1-9 Feb with our #space themed activities suitable for #primary & #secondary aged #students tinyurl.com/3mh6hke9 #NAW2025 #teachersofx #homeeducation #parents #Careers
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Dhara Patel@d_p4tel24 Jan 2025
There's been a lot of hype about catching the planetary parade over the last few days, but it'll be visible until around mid-February. Truthfully, the beginning of February (during @NatAstroWeek ) will be a great time to try and spot 6 planets in the sky! spacecentre.co.uk/news/space…

5 Stargazing Challenges - National Astronomy Week 2025

Have a go at our 5 stargazing challenges as we chase the Moon across the sky this National Astronomy week (1-9 February 2025).

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Rubin LSST:UK@LSSTUK24 Jan 2025
We're getting ready for National #Astronomy Week from 1-9 February. The theme is Chasing the Moon and there loads of ways to get involved. Follow @NatAstroWeek + find out more and download resources at astronomyweek.org.uk
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Ready for National Astronomy Week (UK)? Check out the astronomyweek.org.uk/ website to print out your Chase the Moon chart, find events near you, and listen to a new telling of an old story about the phases of the Moon.

National Astronomy Week 2025 - National Astronomy Week

National Astronomy Week - Nine days of astronomy across the UK

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National Space Centre@spacecentre7 Jan 2025
🌒 @NatAstroWeek Planetarium Show 🌓 From 11 Jan - 9 Feb you can sit back in the UK's largest planetarium as we explore the night sky's beauty, chase the Moon, discover four dazzling planets, and a treasure-trove of stars. #NAW2025 🎟️ Book here: spacecentre.co.uk/whats-on/c…
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NAW2025 is coming! Check out our website astronomyweek.org.uk/ for a sneak peak ahead at what we're planning for 1-9 Feb 2025, or to register your events to appear on the NAW map

National Astronomy Week 2025 - National Astronomy Week

National Astronomy Week - Nine days of astronomy across the UK

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🚀Is living and working on Mars realistic? Could we go there in our lifetime? @LucindaLand and guests are now live to discuss and debate living and working on Mars and meet the people who are trying to make this a reality. #NAW2020 youtube.com/watch?v=dccLkDVt…
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🚀Is living and working on Mars realistic? Could we go there in our lifetime? Join @LucindaLand and Guests tonight at 6 to discuss and debate living and working on Mars and meet the people who are trying to make this a reality. #NAW2020 eventbrite.co.uk/e/naw2020-h…

NAW2020 - Humans on Mars - Evening session and Observations

This free and public event is part of the National Astronomy Week 2020 - Mars Encounter, hosted by the Royal Astronomical Society.

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Royal Astronomical Society@RoyalAstroSoc22 Nov 2020
It's the last day of @NatAstroWeek! Join @LucindaLand for tonight's discussion about whether humans could live on Mars and when we might see the first human mission to the red planet. Book your free tickets here: astronomyweek.org.uk/mars-ev…
6pm: Could humans live on Mars? Could we go there in our lifetime? Join Lucinda Offer (Royal Astronomical Society and Executive Director of the Mars Society) and guests to discuss and debate living and working on Mars, and meet the people who are trying to make this a reality. 7pm: Remote observations of Mars.

ALT 6pm: Could humans live on Mars? Could we go there in our lifetime? Join Lucinda Offer (Royal Astronomical Society and Executive Director of the Mars Society) and guests to discuss and debate living and working on Mars, and meet the people who are trying to make this a reality. 7pm: Remote observations of Mars.

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🔭Have you taken some out-of-this world pictures during #NAW2020? We'd love to see them! 🌙Upload your photos of Mars and more to our website to share them with the public astronomyweek.org.uk/upload-…
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RAS Library@astro_librarian16 Nov 2020
It's #NAW2020, focusing on Mars. Johannes Kepler analysed Tycho Brahe's observations of Mars, and discovered that the orbit is an ellipse, one of the laws of planetary motion which he published in in Astronomia Nova (1609).
Johannes Kepler, Astronomia nova … tradita commentariis de motibus stellae Martis … (1609) In this book Kepler worked out the two laws which gave the position of the planet Mars (m) both in space and in time, represented here in combination. (These two laws are represented individually on the display panel.) The path is an Archimedean ellipse ambc with known semi-axes having the distance mn constructed geometrically from the Sun (n), while area amn measures time in orbit. This theoretical structure compellingly satisfies the superb naked-eye observations of Tycho Brahe. Urania in her chariot is bringing a wreath to crown Kepler's triumph.

ALT Johannes Kepler, Astronomia nova … tradita commentariis de motibus stellae Martis … (1609) In this book Kepler worked out the two laws which gave the position of the planet Mars (m) both in space and in time, represented here in combination. (These two laws are represented individually on the display panel.) The path is an Archimedean ellipse ambc with known semi-axes having the distance mn constructed geometrically from the Sun (n), while area amn measures time in orbit. This theoretical structure compellingly satisfies the superb naked-eye observations of Tycho Brahe. Urania in her chariot is bringing a wreath to crown Kepler's triumph.

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Did you watch The Martian 🧑🏼‍🚀🚀🔴 last night? Are you ready to hear about a future with humans on Mars? Register to come to our last and probably most asked questions through NAW - when will humans go to Mars and how will they live? eventbrite.co.uk/e/naw2020-h…

NAW2020 - Humans on Mars - Evening session and Observations

This free and public event is part of the National Astronomy Week 2020 - Mars Encounter, hosted by the Royal Astronomical Society.

eventbrite.co.uk
Laurence Tognetti@ET_Exists21 Nov 2020
If you were stranded on Mars with no hope of survival, what would you do? 🔴🔴🔴🔴🥺🥺🥺🥺
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Well done! We love it when this happens. 😊
David Blanchflower BSc@DavidBflower21 Nov 2020
I've done it. Just captured Saturn and Jupiter together in one picture using a telescope.
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Having great fun this evening with the other fellow astronomers showing live images (from Cyprus) and videos of Mars for @NatAstroWeek
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