Kielder observatory named after Sir Patrick Moore
The Sky at Night team and Gary Fildes of The Kielder Observatory at the dedication of The Sir Patrick Moore Observatory. Third left, Gary Fildes, director of The Kielder Observatory, with BBC Sky at Night presenters (l-r) Paul Abel, Pete Lawrence, Chris Lintott, Chris North, Jon Culshaw and Lucie Green
THE largest facility at Kielder Observatory has been named in honour of Sir Patrick Moore.
Presenters from BBC science programme The Sky at Night, and members of the Kielder Observatory Astronomical Society, have dedicated the venue’s largest turret – home of one of the biggest public telescopes in the UK – to the famous astronomer who died last year.
It means that it will now be known as The Sir Patrick Moore Observatory.
A special ceremony, which included the unveiling of a plaque, was conducted as filming of a new episode of the programme began at the observatory.
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