Hesketh Park Observatory is celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Cooke Telescope today (Sunday May 26) 2019. Head to the park from 10.30am-5pm and see it for yourself! @Southport_AS
The Fernley Astronomical Observatory in Hesketh Park, Southport will be open to the public today.
The Fernley Observatory, built in 1901, houses a Thomas Cook six-inch refractor telescope which was made in 1869.
The observatory and telescope was given as a public gift by its owner Joseph Baxendell Jr in memory of his father.
It is now managed by the Fernley Observatory Heritage Group which is are working with the Parks department of Sefton Council to restore the observatory into a working centre for the study of astronomy and space research.
Find out more about the observatory here: https://southportastro.org/joseph-baxendell-and-his-observatory/?fbclid=IwAR2gY8FPdf3m1rIoLD5RnojTbF1AHU5F-lba_wtway-wcj6vGgqV_rssuE4
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