Be a professional astronomer for the evening! Operate a real life telescope and take your own images of your favourite astronomical objects! Join Mark Thompson from BBC Stargazing Live and astronomers from the Open University for an evening exploring the night sky with the Open University’s PIRATE telescope. The PIRATE facility is based in Mallorca. A remotely controlled 17 inch telescope with high quality imaging cameras, PIRATE is used for exo-planet research and exploring new and interesting objects found by the galaxy- mapping satellite, Gaia. There will be demonstrations and presentations to explain this cutting edge technology as well as the not-to-be-missed chance to control the telescope yourself!
This is a free drop in event and no pre-registration is required.
