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HM Nautical Almanac Office is a small multi-disciplinary group of specialists whose purpose is to provide solutions to astronomical and celestial navigation problems. HMNAO is part of the UK Hydrographic Office .
Setting bold priorities for the UK’s role in exploring the cosmos and our Solar System.
Annual UK and constituent country figures for births, deaths, marriages, divorces, civil partnerships and civil partnership dissolutions.
Annual UK figures for births, deaths, marriages, divorces, civil partnerships and civil partnership dissolutions.
Professor Michele Dougherty has been approved by The King to be the new Astronomer Royal, and will be the first woman to hold this position since the role was first created in 1675.
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