On the 10th May a huge geomagnetic storm caused bright aurora to be seen at the observatory
Continue reading Aurora at the NLOBritish Science Week Family Open Day
Saturday 16th March, 11am-5pm
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Perseid Meteors and Storytelling – 12th August
Public open evening for the Perseid Meteor Shower and storytelling under the stars.
Continue reading Perseid Meteors and Storytelling – 12th AugustBritish Science Week Family Day 2023
We are all Star Stuff – 18th March
Continue reading British Science Week Family Day 2023Perseid Meteor Watch
Thursday 11th August, Perseid Meteor watching and Tales of the Night Sky.
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Sunset walk and storytelling under the stars
Saturday 7th May, 8pm. Free entry.
Continue reading Sunset walk and storytelling under the starsNLO/Space.Exe event Saturday March 19th
Norman Lockyer Observatory have teamed up with University of Exeter’s Space.Exe society to hold a family day of exploring the Universe!
Continue reading NLO/Space.Exe event Saturday March 19thThe observatory re-opens on 27th January
At 7.15pm there will be a themed talk about the “Winter Constellations” followed by a planetarium show and historic telescope tour with viewing if clear. Please see the opening times page for our full 2022 programme. We propose holding two open evenings/month, Covid willing!
Open Afternoon for 8-16yr old budding astronomers
Sunday 22nd August, 2:30pm
NLO_Open_Afternoon_22AugLightning Detection at the NLO
The Observatory now has a live lightning detection station as part of the Blitzortung network
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