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Guest Speaker: Yjan Gordon, Hull University – Extragalactic Astronomy in a Nutshell, 20 October 2017

Posted on October 15, 2017 by Neil Graham

Friday 20 October 7.45pm, East Ayton Village Hall

Yjan Gordon of Hull University explains how we observe galaxies in the 21st century, what we can see, and why it matters.

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