Around about this time last year we were suddenly asked to vacate the Twin Dome – another story for another day – and something was under construction which then unexpectedly needed to be left in cold storage and…
It looks like we’ll finally be getting some reasonable May sunshine and warmth later this week. So I’m going to start keeping a close watch on the three wildflower beds to the front of the Twin Dome. This year we have…
We’ll be taking to the road (not far) with the Twin Dome tomorrow (18th May) as we join in the UK-wide fun known as “Pint of Science”. My long-time collaborator of Anne-Marie Weijmans has needed to pull out with a last…
Open Night at the observatory this year was on Saturday the 14th of March and, like last year, we got lucky again with some clear skies. There was a good deal of time spent with a fantastically clear sight of Jupiter –…
There has been something of a hiatus on this page (I’ve been busy delving into the past). So apologies for the significant period of being awol but I’m back now. The history of the Twin Dome has been something that…
Guest post by Aleks Scholz, Observatory Director In the summer of 2013, when I started my job at the observatory, the Twin Dome was embedded in an SEP field. In the words of Douglas Adams, an SEP field “relies on…
This year’s Observatory Open Night on the 15th of March was about as good as we could hope for. Top of the wish list was that we had clear skies and I don’t remember clear skies on any Open Night during the last 5…
Just over a week to Open Night and I’m feeling reasonably confident that my planning for the Twin Dome is coming together pretty much as hoped. What was an earlier installation (2024) called Beyond the Horizon has now…
Three weeks to go until Open Night and the transition of Beyond the Horizon from daylight to night is taking shape As with the last two Open Nights the challenge has been to re-work an existing installation into one…
The last action for the 2024 season was the cutting back of the wild meadow and gathering seeds for replanting in the Spring. The pictures at the top of the blog are by Julie McDonald, conservation worker with the…