Thursday 11th August, Perseid Meteor watching and Tales of the Night Sky.
Perseid Meteor Watch
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
Continue reading Lightning Detection at the NLOSidmouth Science Festival 2020
Enjoy the 2020 Sidmouth Science Festival from the comfort of your own home.
Continue reading Sidmouth Science Festival 2020Devon Dark Skies 2020
A virtual planetarium tour of the night sky – streaming 23rd October at 8:30pm
Continue reading Devon Dark Skies 2020cancellation – astrofair 2020 at norman lockyer observatory
south west astronomy fair – cancellation – 18th July 2020
It is with a heavy heart that the south west astronomy fair 2020 at the Norman Lockyer Observatory has been cancelled due to covid-19.
Thank you to all our supporter to this years event.
Once we have a clearer picture we will make plans for next years event.
We wish you all safe and well at this difficult time.
closure of NLO public open events
In light of public health concerns, the observatory will remain closed for public open evenings and group visits to guard against the spread of COVID-19. We anticipate that this will be for the next few weeks until the situation becomes clearer.
Please accept our apologies.