Other events and group visits are arranged during the winter.
Latest updates on Mars and Curiosity.
Be A Martian!. With apps to download.
Things to do
Track ESA satellites and see where the ISS is.
Track NASA satellites and see where the ISS is.
spaceweather.com. Solar flares coming our way, asteroids on collision course, satellites passing by, etc. Help find them.
NOTE: You must not, never, look directly through your telescope at the sun. Just move your telescope so you can see the image of the sun on a sheet of white paper or card placed under the eyepiece of the telescope.
Nasa app. download from iTunes for iPhones, iPads etc. Also Android from Google Play. Free.
ESA app. download from iTunes for iPhones etc. Also Android from Google Play. Free.
Satellite Watcher. Download from iTunes. Also Android from Google Play. Free.
The sun: our local star
Moons: an introduction
Jodrell Bank podcast (iTunes) free
from iTunes U - Cassiopeia Project - Space - free
from iTunes U - Space - Imperial College London
Take part in finding out more about asteroids.You need to use a telescope for this.
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and a lot more.....
Fun educational stuff on Nasa site for school children and their parents and teachers (and anyone else). Also has apps. for iPhone and iPad.
astronomy for children, part of an educational website. Has star maps, Jupiter's moons, as well as other science information, games and tests.
ESA - the European space agency has space information and games for school children of all ages.
NASA's space site for school children of all ages with learning games.
Track Santa on Xmas Eve as he leaves the North Pole and delivers the presents - see the places he visited and when he is coming to you.
You can see his preparations before his journey from 1st December.
Note: Santa starts at the Bering Straits and heads west around the world. That way he always arrives at each place some time on Xmas Eve - as the world is turning towards him - and it is less tiring for the reindeer.
Woolsthorpe, Isaac Newton's childhood home exhibitions and events are held there, and evening lectures etc. Gadgets to play with. Lots here educational for children. Has toilets and cafe.
National Space Centre, Leicester. Always something new there. Extra bonus is the Victorian Sewage Pumping Engine which is free (donations welcome). Not just the history of bathrooms but they have restored the massive steam engines. The engine room is awesome. The sewage was pumped to Beaumont Lea - where the big Tesco now is.
Cambridge. The most interesting thing is the Mullard Radio Astronomy observatory. Look for open days.
Spaceweather
And more on what you can see.
There are so many astronomy apps both Apple (from iTunes) or Android (from Google) that what you download depends on what you want to do and what you are interested in, so have not listed them here.