December days: Astronomy lectures

[cjwatson]

ghoti asked me to write about the public open evenings at Cambridge's Institute of Astronomy, which Judith and I have been going to since last year; they run during the winter in order that it's possible to observe the night sky without having to run ridiculously late.

Judith has been getting a lot out of these and particularly enjoys getting a chance to

Comments

[sphyg]

I always meant to go the IOA, but have so far not got round to it. One my Not New Year's resolutions is to get our telescope out again, assuming we can find all the bits.

[badriya]

I just watched the Royal Institute lecture on BBC4 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04w84yp and most of it, or all, whooshed over my head. I wondered whether grandson would get it at 8 as he and his dad play with a raspberry pi and make it do lights and music. I don't think Judith would but maybe Benedict might?

[cjwatson]

We watched it this evening and the children all seemed to enjoy it, although of course on different levels. None of them currently grasp much of the engineering involved, I think, but it was well-presented and a nice idea.