Sherwood Observatory Virtual Open Event

Sherwood Observatory, home to Mansfield & Sutton Astronomical Society warmly invites you to join us on a journey of exploration of astronomical proportions suitable for all ages! Prepare to be blown out of this world by our exciting public engagement programme over the coming weeks and months. As part of the Festival, we will deliver an exciting online virtual event that will launch you on a journey to explore the universe at large. With 50 years of experience Sherwood observatory is well-versed in engaging with the public so you can be assured to have a blast.

This online adventure aims to take you through who we are as a society, what we do and stand for but ultimately present to you an insight into the technology that is bound for the Hubble Space telescope successor, The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Soon to be launched to an orbit beyond the Moon, this will be crammed with exciting technology and we  have been working with the people who have been building it so that we can  demonstrate how this new telescope will operate, with eyes that will see what no one has seen before.

Expect live views of a night-time celestial wonder (weather permitting) followed by a Q&A discussion.