Openings

A visit to the Observatory will normally take about 2 hours - longer for an evening visit if the sky is clear enough for the telescopes to be in use.

It consists of a planetarium presentation, a tour of the exhibition area and the telescope domes and possibly a demonstration of the radio station and/or weather satellite reception.

Please find the time and dates in the table below:

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	Date		Afternoon	Evening

»	4^th Dec '08	THU		Open 7.30 pm	«

»	6^th Dec '08	SAT		Open 7.30 pm	«

»	3 ^rd January	SAT		Open 7.30 pm	«

»	31 ^st January	SAT		Open 7.30 pm	«

»	5 ^th February	THU		Open 7.30 pm	«

»	7 ^th February	SAT		Open 7.30 pm	«

»	7 ^th March	SAT		Open 7.30 pm Saturn at Opposition	«

»	14 ^th March	SAT		Open 7.30 pm Saturn at Opposition	«

»	21 ^th March	SAT		Open 7.30 pm Galaxies of the Spring Sky	«

»	25 ^th March	WED	Open 2.30 pm		«

»	28 ^th March	SAT		IYA2009 Open 7.30 pm Spring Moon Watch	«

»	4 ^th April	SAT		IYA2009 Open 7.30 pm Spring Moon Watch	«

»	8 ^th April	WED	Open 2.30 pm		«

»	11 ^th April	SAT		Open 7.30 pm	«

»	15 ^th April	WED	Open 2.30 pm		«

»	2 ^nd May	SAT		Open 7.30 pm	«

»	6 ^th May	WED	Open 2.30 pm		«

»	16 ^th May	SAT		Open 7.30 pm Deep Sky Viewing Night	«

»	27 ^th May	WED	Open 2.30 pm		«

»	30 ^th May	SAT		Open 7.30 pm	«

»	4 ^th June	THU		Open 7.30 pm	«

»	13 ^th June	SAT	IYA2009 �A Sunny Day at the NLO� 140^th anniversary of the discovery of Helium		«

»	27 ^th June	SAT		Open 7.30 pm	«

»	2 ^nd July	THU		Open 7.30 pm	«

»	15 ^th July	WED	Open 2.30 pm		«

»	25 ^th July	SAT		IYA2009 Open 7.30 pm 40th anniv. of Apollo 11	«

»	29 ^th July	WED	Open 2.30 pm		«

»	30 ^th July	THU		Open 7.30 pm	«

»	5 ^th August	WED	Open 2.30 pm		«

»	6 ^th August	THU		Open 7.30 pm Partial Lunar Eclipse	«

»	8 ^th August	Sat	Open 9.00 am to 6.00 pm South West Astronomy Fair		«

»	13 ^th August	THU		Open 7.30 pm Perseid Meteor Watch	«

»	20^th August	THU		Open 7.30 pm Observing the Milky Way	«

»	26 ^th August	Wed	Open 2.30 pm		«

»	27 ^th August	THU		Open 7.30 pm The Gas Giant Jupiter	«

»	2 ^nd September	WED	Open 2.30 pm		«

»	3 ^rd September	THU		Open 7.30 pm	«

»	9 ^th September	WED	Open 2.30 pm		«

»	10 ^th September	THU		Open 7.30 pm	«

»	16 ^th September	WED	Open 2.30 pm		«

»	17 ^th September	THU		Open 7.30 pm The Gas Giant Uranus	«

»	23 ^th September	WED	Open 2.30 pm		«

»	26 ^th September	SAT		Open 7.30 pm	«

»	10 ^th October	SAT		Open 7.30 pm Galaxies of the Autumn Sky	«

»	24 ^th October	SAT		IYA2009 Open 7.30 pm Autumn Moon Watch	«

»	29 ^th October	THU		Open 7.30 pm	«

»	21 ^th November	SAT		Open 7.30 pm	«

»	26 ^th November	THU		Open 7.30 pm	«

»	12 ^th December	SAT		Open 7.30 pm Geminids Meteor Watch	«