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Where To Go Now: Get closer to the stars with Google Pixel 4: Astrophotography at the Royal Observatory Greenwich

by Eva Dixon

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Residents and school children from Star, in Pembrokeshire, use the Google Pixel 4 to capture photos of the stars and the Milky Way, Wales. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Wednesday October 23, 2019. A study from Google Pixel 4 reveals that those living in Wales are least likely in the UK to look up to the night sky. The research also reveals that nearly two-thirds of Britons didn’t know that our Galaxy is called the Milky Way, and 17% of people want to take better photos of the night sky. The Google Pixel 4 launched earlier this month with new enhanced Night Sight mode, which can capture photos of the Milky Way in just one tap. Photo credit: Adam Gasson/PA Wire

Astronaut Tim Peake talks to schoolchildren from Ysgol Clydau in Star, a small hamlet in Pembrokeshire, to discuss his experience with astrophotography and his latest space mission, as he supports Google’s campaign in encouraging the nation to get closer to the stars and learn about our universe, Wales. Picture date: Wednesday October 23, 2019. A study from Google Pixel 4 reveals that those living in Wales are least likely in the UK to look up to the night sky. The research also reveals that nearly two-thirds of Britons didn’t know that our Galaxy is called the Milky Way, and 17% of people want to take better photos of the night sky. The Google Pixel 4 launched earlier this month with new enhanced Night Sight mode, which can capture photos of the Milky Way in just one tap. Photo credit Adam Gasson/PA Wire

Residents and school children from Star, in Pembrokeshire, use the Google Pixel 4 to capture photos of the stars and the Milky Way, Wales. Picture date: Wednesday October 23, 2019. A study from Google Pixel 4 reveals that those living in Wales are least likely in the UK to look up to the night sky. The research also reveals that nearly two-thirds of Britons didn’t know that our Galaxy is called the Milky Way, and 17% of people want to take better photos of the night sky. The Google Pixel 4 launched earlier this month with new enhanced Night Sight mode, which can capture photos of the Milky Way in just one tap. Photo credit Adam Gasson/PA Wire

Residents and school children from Star, in Pembrokeshire, use the Google Pixel 4 to capture photos of the stars and the Milky Way, Wales. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Wednesday October 23, 2019. A study from Google Pixel 4 reveals that those living in Wales are least likely in the UK to look up to the night sky. The research also reveals that nearly two-thirds of Britons didn’t know that our Galaxy is called the Milky Way, and 17% of people want to take better photos of the night sky. The Google Pixel 4 launched earlier this month with new enhanced Night Sight mode, which can capture photos of the Milky Way in just one tap. Photo credit: Adam Gasson/PA Wire

Astronaut Tim Peake talks to schoolchildren from Ysgol Clydau in Star, a small hamlet in Pembrokeshire, to discuss his experience with astrophotography and his latest space mission, as he supports Google’s campaign in encouraging the nation to get closer to the stars and learn about our universe, Wales. Picture date: Wednesday October 23, 2019. A study from Google Pixel 4 reveals that those living in Wales are least likely in the UK to look up to the night sky. The research also reveals that nearly two-thirds of Britons didn’t know that our Galaxy is called the Milky Way, and 17% of people want to take better photos of the night sky. The Google Pixel 4 launched earlier this month with new enhanced Night Sight mode, which can capture photos of the Milky Way in just one tap. Photo credit Adam Gasson/PA Wire

Residents and school children from Star, in Pembrokeshire, use the Google Pixel 4 to capture photos of the stars and the Milky Way, Wales. Picture date: Wednesday October 23, 2019. A study from Google Pixel 4 reveals that those living in Wales are least likely in the UK to look up to the night sky. The research also reveals that nearly two-thirds of Britons didn’t know that our Galaxy is called the Milky Way, and 17% of people want to take better photos of the night sky. The Google Pixel 4 launched earlier this month with new enhanced Night Sight mode, which can capture photos of the Milky Way in just one tap. Photo credit Adam Gasson/PA Wire

On Monday 18^th November, Google Pixel 4 and the Royal Observatory Greenwich (ROG) will hold a free astrophotography event as part of Google’s mission to bring people closer to the stars.

British Astronaut Tim Peake will join the event to talk to Londoners about his love of astrophotography and what it was like to capture the cosmos during his recent space mission.

ROG Astronomer Brendan Owens, will also be there to talk about the history of astrophotography before inviting Londoners to help create the first mobile sky map of the stars produced by the Royal Observatory Greenwich using a Google Pixel 4smartphone. The sky map will be stitched together by ROG astronomers and will be made using over 50 images shot on Google Pixel 4 in Night Sight mode – an enhanced feature on Google Pixel 4 that can see into space and capture the Milky Way in just one tap.

Doors open at 6.30pm, event will start at 7pm at the Royal Observatory Greenwich.