Hotels and resorts are investing in staff astronomers, building their own private observatories, and planning group outings to see phenomena like the Perseid meteor shower. Arizona has become an ...

A series of astronomical observations have been simultaneously commenced under the directions of the Coast Survey, at the Dudley Observatory, Albany, and Mr. Rutherford's private observatory in ...

Birr Castle Demesne, which began as a private observatory of the 3rd Earl of Rosse on the grounds of his castle in Co Offaly, was the home of the Great Leviathan of Parsonstown, a six-foot ...

The Astronomical Observatories of Ireland (AOI) has welcomed the announcement by Minister for Housing, Local Government and ...

Dunsink Observatory and Birr Castle Demesne have been added to Ireland's Tentative List of UNESCO World Heritage Properties.