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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

Minutes of the Ninety Seventh Meeting of the Management Committee held on 28th January 2016 at the Planetarium

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

Amazing transit of Mercury

2016 May 12th

Coldest April for 27 years, slightly drier and duller than average

2016 May 11th

Minutes of the Ninety Sixth Meeting of the Management Committee held on 12th November 2015 at the Observatory

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

Minutes of the Annual Visitation of the Board of Governors held on 19th March 2015 at the Observatory

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