Facilities
The Jeremiah Horrocks Institute has a number of specialist teaching and research facilities.
Alston Observatory
The University has a purpose-built teaching observatory, north east of the city. The main building includes a teaching room with planetarium, an optics lab and dark rooms. We run optional weekends here for our distance learning students, and laboratory classes for the on-campus students. Also on site is the historic Wilfred Hall Telescope and the Multi-Aperture Telescope.
High Performance Computer Facility
The University of Central Lancashire owns and operates a 24-node parallel processor high performance computer. Operating with shared memory and rapid data sharing the facility allows us to simulate complex physical systems, from nanomaterials to the galaxy clusters. In the future those going on to complete the BSc(Hons) Astronomy degree may make use of this facility in their final dissertation.