South West Astronomy Fair - Sat 8th Aug 09

[FLO]

This year's South West Astronomy Fair is less than a month away!

James and I will be manning the First Light Optics stand in-between Starlight Xpress and Stargazerslounge.

SteveL, Kai, Greg and hopefully Daz and Lunator will also be there.

Come and say hi

Exibitors:

The lecturers this year are:

David Bryant : Meteorites & Extinctions

Greg Parker : Deep-Sky Imaging from the New Forest Observatory

Heather Couper & Nigel Henbest : Cosmic Quest, a History of Astronomy

Will Gater : The Cosmic Keyhole

The event takes place on Saturday, 8th August, from 9 am to 6 pm at the Norman Lockyer Observatory above Sidmouth in Devon.

Planetarium presentations and telescope dome tours will also take place throughout the day and refreshments are available.

Entry to the fair is £5 per adult and £2.50 for children under 18. Lectures are £4 each per person. There are two in the morning and two in the afternoon.

For further details please see the official website HERE

[SteveL]

Looking forward to it!

[Ford Prefect]

I hope the weather's at bit better for you this year

[FLO]

Yes, it was a bit foggy and wet wasn't it.

For the first two we had glorious sunshine

[ashenlight]

This calls for me to start bribing my boyfriend with beer.

[SteveL]

Yes, it was a bit foggy and wet wasn't it.

A bit?!?! The clouds had come down to meet us! The rain was having to fall up to get us wet.

[RobH]

Have fun!

Wish I could be there, but work decrees otherwise unfortunately.

Cheers

Rob

PS....Is that David Bryant, or is it really Noddy Holder

[Beyond_Vision]

A great day out

Regards

Kevin

[haitch]

At last something has fallen right for me.

We're in Torquay for the preceeding week and leave the cottage we're staying at on the 8th. The missus has agreed that we can do the day at the fair and stay at our caravan in Somerset on the Saturday night. So I get to go to some sort of astro event at last. Yay!

[haitch]

PS....Is that David Bryant, or is it really Noddy Holder

Actually he's the love child of Noddy Holder and David Dickinson

[haitch]

Sorry for the multiple post but I just noticed on the website it says "book now". Is it necessary if we're just visiting the fair (no way I'd get a 7 and a 9 yr old to sit through a lecture)

[FLO]

You can simply turn up on the day

I think they suggest buying lecture tickets in advance as they do tend to sell out quite quickly.

[haitch]

You can simply turn up on the day

I think they suggest buying lecture tickets in advance as they do tend to sell out quite quickly.

Thanks Steve, that's good for me then - my son can't even manage to sit through a DVD he really enjoys, such is his attention span, so no lectures here!

[Mikea]

I'm hoping to come along too. Will there be lots of shiny things to drool over? I might have to shred my wallets contents before coming!

[FLO]

The more the merrier

[NickH]

hmmm...not that far to drive for me...

[FLO]

Why not bring the family, they might enjoy the planetarium show and the domes

[NickH]

They would probably not enjoy me swearing at astigmatic out of focus overly bright solar telescopes though :-)...(just kidding)

[FLO]

Oh, which ones would they be (he says, safe in the knowledge that FLO doesn't stock solar scopes!)?

[NickH]

I could not possibly comment :-)

[FLO]

Only 24-hours away and everything is coming together nicely, even the weather forecast is good

This year FLO's stand is twice the size!

James and myself will be there of course but we will also have SteveR (Kai), SteveL, Greg and hopefully Ian (Lunator) joining us for the day.

Though we will have plenty of kit on display we are treating the occasion mostly as a social event where we can meet customers and members and as a way of saying thank-you to the Norman Lockyer Observatory (I'm a member) for their support.

We thoroughly enjoy ourselves at the SWAF. It is a great location with several working domes, planetarium shows, excellent lectures and good company.

Hope to see you there