Herschel at the Royal Society
I found this nice little video about the forthcoming Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition which opens tomorrow at the Royal Society’s premises in Carlton House Terrace in London.
Astronomers from Cardiff University are heavily involved in one of the exhibits related to the Herschel Telescope – To infrared and beyond. I’m actually doing a couple of shifts on the Herschel stand myself, on Thursday and Friday afternoons, as well as during a posh black tie “soirée” on Thursday evening. Last time I attended such an event (in 2009) was during a heat wave, which made the soirée an uncomfortably sticky experience, but the forecast suggests the weather might be a bit different this time round…
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July 2, 2012 at 5:44 pm
If you’re around on Tuesday evening, and are free, I am chairing a panel discussion as part of the Summer Science Exhibition. Not quite astronomy, but may be of interest to you. http://royalsociety.org/events/2012/high-jump-for-science/
July 2, 2012 at 6:27 pm
I’m afraid I’ll still be in Cardiff on Tuesday; I’m not going to London until Thursday morning.
July 3, 2012 at 5:36 pm
I’ve never been to the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition. Is it freely open to members of the public, and can we just turn up without tickets?
(I’m not a Fellow of the Royal Society, you see.)
July 3, 2012 at 6:37 pm
Bryn,
Read http://sse.royalsociety.org/2012/visitor-information
It’s open to members of the public and is free to attend.
Peter
July 3, 2012 at 6:43 pm
Fine, thanks. I might go along.
You’ll be there on Thursday and Friday afternoons? Right, I’ll visit in the morning. 🙂
July 3, 2012 at 6:45 pm
You can’t come to the Soiree of course, since you’re a pleb.
July 3, 2012 at 7:27 pm
Yes, I was aware of that – that I can’t attend the soiree and that I’m a pleb.
July 8, 2012 at 9:51 am
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