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Department of Astronomy
Welcome to the Department of Astronomy!
The Department of Astronomy conducts teaching and research that covers the entire field of astronomy. The department also houses the Institute of Solar Physics.
The image above shows the Milky Way and the European Southern Observatories' (ESO) Very Large Telescope at Cerro Paranal in Chile (photo: ESO/P. Horálek).
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Course and programmes at our department
The Department of Astronomy offer teaching covering a wide range of topics within the field of astronomy all the way up to postgraduate level.
Our research
Research into several different topics within astronomy and astrophysics is conducted at the Department of Astronomy. The research contains both observational and theoretical work.
