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Поисковые слова: reflection nebula

Public Understanding of Science

1999 included a total solar eclipse (August 11) visible from the UK mainland and a Leonid meteor storm (November 18), both `once-in-a-lifetime' events almost guaranteed to attract media attention and to raise public interest in astronomy. Staff at the Armagh Observatory played a major role in explaining these phenomena to the general public, and were prominent in providing assistance as required both to individuals and the various mass-media. The Observatory exceeded by a large margin the record set the previous year (1998) for the total number of identified media mentions in a single calendar year, with the result that the Armagh Observatory probably received greater coverage on the national and international scene during 1999 than any other research group of comparable size in the UK or Ireland.