{"id":8,"date":"2011-12-13T13:12:04","date_gmt":"2011-12-13T13:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.astro.gla.ac.uk\/webtemp\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2025-10-29T22:41:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T22:41:35","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.astro.gla.ac.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/astro_logo_small.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24\" title=\"astro_logo_small\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.astro.gla.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/astro_logo_small.png 180w, https:\/\/www.astro.gla.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/astro_logo_small-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Welcome to the Astronomy and Astrophysics Group homepage. The group is part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supa.ac.uk\/\">SUPA<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gla.ac.uk\/schools\/physics\">School of Physics &amp; Astronomy<\/a>, in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gla.ac.uk\">University of Glasgow<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.astro.gla.ac.uk\/?page_id=32\">members of the group<\/a> conduct research in a wide range of topics, including solar and plasma physics, cosmology and radio astronomy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We offer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gla.ac.uk\/undergraduate\/degrees\/astronomy\/\">undergraduate<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gla.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/taught\/astrophysics\/\">postgraduate <\/a> taught courses as part of the School of Physics &amp; Astronomy, as well as supervising PhD projects &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.astro.gla.ac.uk\/?page_id=52\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"52\"><strong><em>see the opportunities we have for PhDs starting in 2026<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>During term we have weekly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.astro.gla.ac.uk\/?page_id=45\">seminars<\/a> from external visitors and groups members.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group has a long history of public engagement: please see our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.astro.gla.ac.uk\/?page_id=54\">outreach pages<\/a> for the activities we currently offer and contact information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are located in the Kelvin Building on the main University of Glasgow campus but also occupy two observatories: <a href=\"http:\/\/g.co\/maps\/gj4vk\">Acre Road<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/g.co\/maps\/pjdg7\">Cochno<\/a> on the Kilpatrick Hills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-4\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:280px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.astro.gla.ac.uk\/observatory\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" src=\"http:\/\/www.astro.gla.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/observatory.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2506\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:300px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.astro.gla.ac.uk\/observatory\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"350\" height=\"242\" src=\"http:\/\/www.astro.gla.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/smalldomeobservatory.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.astro.gla.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/smalldomeobservatory.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.astro.gla.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/smalldomeobservatory-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:276px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.astro.gla.ac.uk\/?page_id=1432\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.astro.gla.ac.uk\/users\/eduard\/callisto\/latest.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.astro.gla.ac.uk\/?page_id=1432\">Live Glasgow CALLISTO<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Astronomy and Astrophysics Group homepage. 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