This year Roger Noble's illustrated talks each day will dwell on plans for human exploration of Mars and the Cassini probe (due to crash land on Saturn in September), as well as more general understanding of the cosmos.
Roger also brings a fine computer-guided optical telescope so we have opportunities to spend late evenings literally star-gazing. Saturn and the moon are both likely to offer us good views.
And the beginning of the week coincides with the peak of the annual ‘Perseids’ meteor shower, so if the night is clear we should see plentiful shooting stars.
Among the other activities on offer you may find a rocket launching and a hands-on model of the solar system… in which you can be a heavenly body!
These astronomy weeks are designed for families; they can sow seeds of a lifelong interest. Inevitably younger children will have a limited grasp of Roger’s talks, but the universe is mind-boggling even for the best informed adult!