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Norman Lockyer Observatory

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Norman Lockyer Observatory

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    1. Sidmouth & Seaton loop from Exmouth — East Devon

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    Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    January 7, 2023

    Norman Lockyer was a Victorian amateur astronomer, who discovered the element Helium in the Sun’s corona in 1868 and was one of the founders of the science journal Nature in 1869. He became the director of the Solar Physics Observatory at South Kensington and the first professor of astronomical physics in the Normal School of Science (now the Royal College of Science) in 1887. He was knighted in 1897.

    After his retirement to Sidmouth, Lockyer obtained support in 1912 for the building of the Hill Observatory, renamed the Norman Lockyer Observatory following his death in 1920.

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      Location: Sidmouth, East Devon, Devon, South West England, England, United Kingdom

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