Bayfordbury Observatory Open Evening

Public open evenings are held at Bayfordbury Observatory once a month from October to March.

During these events, you will:

See our 7 optical telescopes and, weather permitting, view interesting objects in the sky both looking through the telescopes and using powerful CCD imaging cameras.

Meet the researchers, post-graduate and undergraduate students from the University's Science and Technology Research Institute.

See expert demonstrations.

Attend talks on various astronomy topics.

Enjoy a tour around the sky in our planetarium.

View a demonstration of how our radio telescopes work.

These evenings are tailored specifically for the public so that adults, children and amateur astronomers alike can all enjoy the event.

Each open evening will have a theme centred around our particular topic or our local research.