Tuesday, July 18
At the end of two public lectures, we invite members of the public to a ‘fun fair’ with some hands-on demos for children and adults to use. Demonstrations will start around 7:30pm, on the open stage of the Northcott Theatre. Please book here or share it on Facebook.
Location: Streatham Campus: Northcott Theatre (NT, n. 13 on the map).
| DEMONSTRATOR(S) | ACTIVITY |
| Yurdanur Tulunay, Middle East Technical University Ankara, Turkey | I Love my Sun |
| Maria Weber, University of Exeter, UK | Stellar Magnetism |
| Ciaran Beggan, British Geological Survey, UK | Geomagnetism |
| Gabrielle Provan, University of Leicester, UK | Planeterrella |
| Maria Kutzenova & Karin Muglach, NASA, USA | Space Weather Modelling |
Wednesday, July 19
We invite members of the public to a joint event with the Norman Lockyer Observatory (NLO). Demonstrations will start around 3:30pm.
Location: the Norman Lockyer Observatory, Sidmouth.
| DEMONSTRATOR(S) | ACTIVITY |
| David Strange & Rev. Kate Kay, NLO |
Historical talks about Norman Lockyer and his Observatories |
| Allan Brittan, NLO | Lantern slide show from the NLO archive |
| NLO members | The Domes of NLO and, weather allowing, solar observations with the NLO Siderostat and the John Pope Solar telescope |
| NLO members | The Lockyer Technology Centre: displays of live meteor detections, VLF monitoring of solar activity, magnetometer displays and Cubesat tracking. |
| Suzy Bingham, Met Office, Sharon Strawbridge, University of Exeter & Ciaran Beggan, BGS |
Space Weather Monitoring & Magnetometer stall |
| Patricia Reiff, Rice University, USA | “MAGNETISM” Planetarium show |
| NLO members | Planetarium shows in the James Lockyer Planetarium (offered to the general public only – after 3:30pm). |
The program of events in Sidmouth will be concluded by a public lecture at the Kennaway House at 6:30pm. Please book here or share it on Facebook.