I am working at the Royal Observatory Greenwich (ROG) this week with the astronomers. I'm not going to lie, I was a bit daunted as most people there have at least a doctorate, and I was asked how my physics was. To which I replied about C Grade in 1996! However, I have been welcomed warmly, I have seen some of the schools sessions learning about day and night and stars with year 1, about the earth the sun and the moon with year 4 and been on a space safari with a teddy bear called Ted!
I saw a planetarium show lead by one of the astronomers this afternoon, where I learned loads about the night sky and I was lucky enough to follow it up with a visit to the ROG's 28" telescope in the beautiful dome.
I was able to sneak in while the astronomers set up for an astrophotography evening, I got the chance to see Jupiter and some of it's moons and Capella bright in the night sky through the huge telescope, and later through a smaller one. It was an amazing if not rather chilly experience that I was very lucky to have a chance to do. And I got chance to do it before it clouded over!
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