Astronomers at the famous Greenwich Observatory look back at the sky after a 60-year break

After a 60-year break, astronomers from the Royal Observatory of Greenwich in London are once again studying the sky.

The observatory, which houses the world's first meridian and the Greenwich Mean Time, has installed a new telescope that will allow astronomers to study the sun's surface, star clusters and perhaps even stars that explode in other galaxies. The telescope is named after Annie Maunder, one of the first women scientists to work at the Royal Greenwich Observatory.

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We can recover at night, break through light pollution and make meaningful observations

The Royal Observatory was founded in 1675 by King Charles II and was a working observatory until 1957, when his instruments were transferred to Herstmonceux in Sussex, England. The observatory then became a museum and a place that educates the public on modern astronomy. With the new telescope, the site will become a working observatory again.

Some of the world's largest telescopes are located in very isolated places with little light pollution, like the Atacama desert in Chile, but with new technology, Londoners can observe the stars thanks to the astronomical telescope Annie Maunder despite light pollution of the city.

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"We can recover at night, break through light pollution and make meaningful observations," said Tom Kerss, astronomer at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, ABC News. "We live such a planet-centered life, many of us spend a lot of time looking on the ground, but the vast majority of what's happening in the universe does not happen here on Earth , it's happening in the sky.

The new instrument has multiple cameras and the images it captures will be made available to the public via live broadcasts and workshops. The Royal Observatory also invites volunteers with research ideas to use the telescope. The instrument can be used to study the sun that gives life to Earth as well as asteroids and comets that can threaten it. It can be used to watch our own solar system as well as other galaxies. Kerss said that it is important to do this type of research because it is a way to have a better understanding of ourselves.

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"We think the universe is so far, but the truth is that it's very close to us," he said. "Every atom of your body was present in the Big Bang, we are made of pieces of dead stars, we study these things that are very far away, but we learn about ourselves in the process."