This small building in Queens Avenue, Aldershot is a familiar landmark but not everyone realises it is an observatory and even fewer realise that it houses a working telescope dating from 1891.
The Society helps maintain this and you can read more about its history and current use below.
Image credit : Danny Thomas
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The Aldershot Observatory telescope
The Aldershot Observatory and the telescope within it have a rather chequered history. The telescope was ordered by Patrick Young Alexander in 1891 from the well-known Dublin-based Grubb Telescope Company.…
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Solar Eclipse at Aldershot Observatory
It was great to meet member of the Society and visitors at the Observatory on October 25th 2022 to share in a partial Solar Eclipse. The rain held off and…
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All about the Aldershot Observatory
The observatory, a red circular brick building with a hemispherical dome, stands as a listed building in the centre of Aldershot army garrison, home to the British Army. Image credit:…
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Visite de Astronomes francais
In July 2013 Farnham Astronomical Society was delighted to host a group of amateur astronomers from France. The ‘Groupement des Astronomers Amateurs Courierois’ were touring the south of England viewing observatories…