As part of the 'Open Caterham' weekend we will be opening our Observatory at Kenley to the Public on Saturday 5th June & Sunday 6th June 2010 from 12:00 to 17:00 BST.  

Open Caterham is like open house, open gardens and heritage days all happening the same weekend BUT with a Caterham focus. This is a chance to find out more about your town and get through some doors that are usually closed.

Of course an astronomical observatory is usually used at night but thanks to the wonders of technology we hope to show you the following:

Tours of the observatory
Astronomy Videos
Observing using remote telescopes in Australia or New Mexico where it will be dark (depending on weather at the remote sites)
Solar observing using a Hydrogen Alpha Telescope (Clouds permitting)
Solar observing of Sunspots using projection or video cameras (Clouds Permitting)
Astronomical Displays
Scale Solar System model - about 4 billion to one ! See how small the Earth is.

Our observatory is located in Waterhouse Lane off Hayes Lane Kenley. Please park in Hayes Lane by the Battle of Britain Memorial and then walk to the observatory. More details of the location of the observatory can be found here.

If you want to see the night sky from our observatory you need to come back on a Saturday evening from September to May. More details of evening visits are on our 'Public visits to our observatory' page.

 
 
  If you wish to contact us by phone please contact us via our observatory telephone on 020 8668 9642 where you can leave a message and we will contact you.