Sun and Clouds at the Science Festival

It was a mixture of Sun and clouds at this years Cheltenham Science Festival.

A couple of lunch-time solar viewing sessions during the week were followed by a very sunny Saturday – Fun Day – where a large number of visitors came to view the Sun by projection and in H-Alpha scopes.

Sadly our Friday night ‘Star Party’ was clouded out, but we had a lot of optimistic visitors to chat with, but sadly no stars or planets to be seen.

Here are a few pics….

Solar scopes in action
Solar scopes in action

Ian's Solar Scope attracted a lot of interest
Ian’s Solar Scope attracted a lot of interest

 

Peter's brass refractor was a big attraction too
Peter’s brass refractor was a big attraction too
Friday night BBC Sky at Night's Pete Lawrence visited
Friday night BBC Sky at Night’s Pete Lawrence visited – Photo by Sally Bywater