Bayfordbury

Bayfordbury

Bayfordbury, Hertfordshire is the location of the University of Hertfordshire's observatory, and biology/geography field station. The site also houses the Science Learning Centre for the East of England, which, amongst its activities, runs on-site Astronomy Days for primary schools, using their in-house planetarium and the nearby telescopes. Also located here is a large stately home, now privately owned, which used to house the curator of the observatory. The estate is approximately 50 Ha on the south side of the B158.

Astronomical Observatory

The university has numerous telescopes situated at the site, including the 50cm Marsh refractor (named after a former director of the observatory), a 14" Newtonian, a radio dish, a solar telescope, and numerous equatorially-mounted 16" Meade LX200s with SBIG ST8 or ST9 cameras. Sir Patrick Moore was on hand to open a new control building, named after him, from where the computer-controlled telescopes can be operated. Dr. Bob Forrest is currently curator of the observatory.

External links

* [http://perseus.herts.ac.uk/uhinfo/schools/pam/observatory.cfm Observatory]
* [http://www.sciencelearningcentres.org.uk/WebPortal.aspx?page=3 Science Learning Centre East of England]



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