{"id":19620,"date":"2021-08-24T12:42:32","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T11:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=19620"},"modified":"2021-08-24T12:42:33","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T11:42:33","slug":"new-walking-tours-of-armagh-planetarium-and-observatory-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2021\/08\/new-walking-tours-of-armagh-planetarium-and-observatory-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW WALKING TOURS OF ARMAGH PLANETARIUM AND OBSERVATORY LAUNCHED"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Starting this month, the Armagh\u00a0Observatory\u00a0and Planetarium has launched a series of Legendary\u00a0Telescopes\u00a0Tours. The tour takes you on a journey through the Armagh\u00a0Observatory, giving you a fascinating insight into see\u00a0its historic\u00a0telescopes.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/press-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/press-7-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19621\" width=\"512\" height=\"342\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Armagh&nbsp;Observatory&nbsp;opened in 1790&nbsp;and is now a Grade A listed heritage building in which astronomers still undertake fundamental research, and the oldest&nbsp;observatory&nbsp;in the UK and Ireland continuously in use for its original purpose.&nbsp; Inside the&nbsp;Observatory&nbsp;there are four generations of historic&nbsp;telescopes&nbsp;that remain in their original settings, as well as one modern&nbsp;telescope&nbsp;still used today.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each tour is undertaken by an expert guide who will tell you&nbsp;about these&nbsp;telescopes&nbsp;and how they were used for pioneering science in their day. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heather Alexander, Senior Education Officer at Armagh Planetarium and Observatory says: \u201cOur new Legendary&nbsp;Telescopes&nbsp;Tours provides a great opportunity for people to gain a wider understanding around the work our astronomers today continue to carry out on site. We have a vast amount of unique stories to share and discover along the way. You can get your picture taken with the Grubb 10 inch and get up close and personal with the century-old Calver&nbsp;telescope.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe hope these new tours will extend our visitor experience and demonstrate how much history is housed here. Plus, how the history of tomorrow is still actively being discovered and defined here in Armagh.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tours are running now until the 5<sup>th<\/sup> of September with an exclusive summer rate of \u00a315pp. Groups are limited to 5 people plus 1 tour guide. Extras include 20% off products in Caf\u00e9 and 10% off selected products in the Gift Shop. Book tours today via: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armagh.space\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.armagh.space<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting this month, the Armagh\u00a0Observatory\u00a0and Planetarium has launched a series of Legendary\u00a0Telescopes\u00a0Tours. The tour takes you on a journey through the Armagh\u00a0Observatory, giving you a fascinating insight into see\u00a0its historic\u00a0telescopes.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Armagh&nbsp;Observatory&nbsp;opened in 1790&nbsp;and is now a Grade A listed heritage building in which astronomers still undertake fundamental research, and the oldest&nbsp;observatory&nbsp;in the UK and Ireland &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2021\/08\/new-walking-tours-of-armagh-planetarium-and-observatory-launched\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19620"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19620"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19622,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19620\/revisions\/19622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}