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ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year exhibition
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We're celebrating the heritage craft skills used to build and maintain Cutty Sark with drop-in activities
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Astronomers Take Over
This brand-new interactive gallery gives curious minds aged 4 to 104 the space to play, learn and explore!
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Night sky highlights - May 2026
May’s night sky brings a rare blue moon, meteors from Halley’s Comet, and a strange galactic hamburger. We’ll also explore Coma Berenices and use it to find star clusters and distant galaxies.
Making Waves: Dr Dawn Wright
Oceanographer and chief scientist Dr Dawn Wright on diving to the deepest part of the ocean – and why we need to stand up for our blue planet
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astronomical t&e: telescope, refracting: telescope, achromatic
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optical t&e: telescope
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optical t&e: telescope(non-achromatic ?)
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bone
boxwood
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horn
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ivory
lacquered and guilded paperboard
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metal
metal: brass
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paper
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pigskin
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Adams, Dudley
Adams, George
Bate, Robert
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Christian Mur & Johann Sterr
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Dollond & Aitchison
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Gilbert & Sons
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Longland, William
Marshall, John
Ramsden, Jesse
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Samuel Pepys: Plague, Fire, Revolution
The Van de Veldes: Greenwich, Art and the Sea
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Airy, George Biddell
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