Summertime Astronomy
Friday 31st July
8:30 pm - 8:30 pm
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Perseid Meteor Shower
Shooting stars! A sight to behold at any time under the dark starry skies of Grassholme. To explain, as the terminology can be confusing. A shooting star is the popular name given to a meteor, and a meteor is normally a tiny remnant of a comet, which passed though our solar system a long time ago, leaving a trail of debris in its wake. This debris is normally made up of fast moving, tiny (salt grain sized) pieces of comet,…
Dark Sky Astronomy and Stargazing
Tonight’s event promises to be a spectacular evening of astronomy. The event will begin with a personal welcome from our astronomy team After the welcome, they will escort you into our new state-of-the-art classroom, which has a cosy feel, and high definition (HD) projection system. They will take you on a whistle-stop tour of the Universe. Following this, we will split into groups and, weather depending, start observing the sky, with our array of telescopes and cameras. With no Moon…
Family Astronomy at Grassholme Observatory
Due to popular demand, we have laid on this exclusive event to educate the little ones on all things spacey! What better way to get the kids into astronomy and science than a visit to the UK’s newest public observatory. Your little ones will enjoy an interactive talk in the classroom and then children will be able to see and touch rocks from space – meteorites. A stunning interactive talk on space stuff in our purpose-built classroom and then weather…
