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    Jul 15, 2021 4 minutes

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    Richard Crabtree @R_Crabtree1 • 19 June

    A great display of #noctilucent clouds last night. Taken around 23:30 from Bradford West Yorkshire. @NLCalerts @ bbcweather @GoStargazing @Bradford_TandA @ThePhotoHour @skyatnightmag

    Group effort

    Students at Wigan & Leigh College were excited to witness the partial solar eclipse on 10 June, and with help from lecturer Robert Kavanagh and our A-Level physics students we set up an observation session to safely observe it. It was a brilliant opportunity to witness the celestial mechanics of Earth with our natural satellite – the Moon. The students wore eclipse glasses to observe safety, and I had set up my telescope

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