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☆ Driest April for 35 years; dullest for 20 years. Slightly warmer than average
2017 May 2nd
☆ Warm March, sunnier and wetter than average.
2017 March 31st
☆ Astronomers find orbit of Mars hosts remains of ancient mini-planets
2017 March 31st
☆ Mild, dull, dry February; driest winter at Armagh for 53 years.
2017 March 7th
☆ Unveiling the Origins of the Heating of the Sun's Corona.
2017 March 3rd
☆ St Patrick's day events hosted by Armagh Observatory.
2017 March 2nd
☆ Mild, very dry January, sunnier than average.
2017 February 3rd
☆ Dry, Sunny, Very Mild December. 2016 Warmer and Drier Than Average, With About Average Sunshine.
2017 January 5th
☆ Bright Dry November, Cooler Than Average; Driest Autumn in Nine Years.
2016 December 5th
☆ Cherenkov Telescope Array Ireland
2016 November 29th
☆ Vacancy: Head of Corporate Services
2016 November 21st
☆ Dry, mild October, slightly duller than average
2016 November 15th
☆ Warmest September for 10 years and dullest since 2008; Slightly drier than average
2016 October 6th
☆ Dry, mild August with about average sunshine
2016 September 9th
☆ Dull, wet July: Roughly average temperature
2016 August 17th
☆ Observatory open evening on 11th August for Perseid meteor watch
2016 August 2nd
☆ Mild, dull and damp June: Warmest for six years
2016 July 8th
2016 June 22nd
☆ Astronomers discover large circumbinary planet in habitable zone
2016 June 16th
☆ Warm May, driest and sunniest for eight years
2016 June 6th
☆ Armagh astronomers welcome UK involvement in new super telescope
2016 May 23rd
2016 May 12th
☆ Coldest April for 27 years, slightly drier and duller than average
2016 May 11th
2016 May 11th
☆ [Minutes of the Ninety Fifth Meeting of the Management Committee held on 4th June 2015 at the Planetarium](/web/20170513192602/http://star.arm.ac.uk/FOI/minutes/Final%5FMinutes%5Fof%5Fthe%5FManagement%5FCommittee%5F4%5FJune 2015.pdf)
2016 May 11th
2016 May 11th
☆ Transit of Mercury 9th May 2016
2016 May 3rd
☆ Pleasant March: slightly drier, milder and sunnier than average
2016 April 7th
☆ Cool, damp February with average sunshine; wettest winter for 139 years
2016 March 16th
☆ Discovering the stars at Armagh: Free St Patrick’s day events hosted by Armagh Observatory
2016 March 15th
☆ Armagh City Promo Film Launched at Armagh Planetarium
2016 February 12th
☆ Observatory student’s prize-winning images selected for Dublin exhibition
2016 February 10th
☆ Astronomers anticipate major announcement from Gravitational Wave Observatory
2016 February 10th
☆ Mild, wet January, slightly duller than average
2016 February 5th
☆ Exceptionally Mild 24th January 2016
2016 January 25th
☆ Time-dependent atomic diffusion in magnetic ApBp stars
2016 January 18th
☆ ADAHELI+: exploring the fast, dynamic Sun in the x-ray, optical, and near-infrared
2016 January 18th
☆ Magnetic flux supplement to coronal bright points
2016 January 15th
☆ Broadband linear polarization of Jupiter Trojans
2016 January 15th
☆ Centaurs as a hazard to civilisation
2016 January 15th
☆ Wettest December on record at Armagh, warmest December since 1988 and coolest year since 2010
2016 January 14th