[BAA 00499] Wrottesley Observatory Summer Solstice Event

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BAA electronic bulletin No. 00499            http://www.britastro.org/
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The Wrottesley Observatory at the Black Country Living Museum, Tipton
Road, Dudley, West Midlands DY1 4SQ will be holding their 2010 Summer
Solstice Event on Sunday 20th June from 10.00 to 4.00.  There will be
tours of the Museum's Victorian observatory, displays and talks and,
weather permitting, solar observing with a number of instruments both
vintage and modern.

Visitors should also be able to use BAA instrument No. 150, the 7-inch
f/11 reflector by George Calver (see BAAJ 119,1,40,2009).

Entry to the event on the day is the normal Black Country Living
Museum admission price - Adult £13.20, Child £7.00 and Senior £10.70.

To book or for museum details ring 0121 557 9643 or 0121 520 8054. See
also www.bclm.co.uk . Alternatively, you can call John Armitage on
01543 579805.

Roger Pickard, Vice President

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