Articles tagged ‘Royal Observatory’

British Summer Time Ends

By Chris | October 27th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

British Summer Time officially comes to an end early tomorrow morning when clocks will be put back one hour at 1am. British Summer Time (BST) runs from the last Sunday in March when clocks are moved forward one hour from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) to the last Sunday in October.
In practical terms this means that [...]

 

New astronomy centre opens at Royal Observatory

By Chris | May 24th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

The Royal Observatory at Greenwich has just finished a £15million redevelopment called the Time and Space Project, and its due to open to the public tomorrow, 25 May.
Its centrepiece is the 120 seat Peter Harrison Planetarium and that’s alongside the new interactive Weller Astronomy Galleries and an education centre. The planetarium gives an exhilarating virtual [...]

 

Royal Observatory Greenwich

By Chris | November 10th, 2006 | 1 Comment »

If you’ve stood on the Equator and jumped back and forth the next thing is to stand on zero degrees longitude and do the same and if you go to the Royal Observatory at Greenwich they’ve got the official line on the courtyard floor inside the gates.
The Royal Observatory is at the top [...]