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The tremendous interest and excitement shown by the children and adults alike made it a very rewarding weekend. We lost count of the number of people who exclaimed that they had ‘bought a telescope
recently or had one in the loft but had no idea how to use it’ or ‘I have always wanted to know what to
look for, I would love to learn more’. All those that we spoke to expressed delight in having the opportunity to learn and to experience observing the sky with help from astronomers.
Andrew was able to promote the day on his monthly Astronomy show on Halton Community Radio, a
show with worldwide listeners! We hand delivered 500 flyers to local schools, groups, libraries, shops
and businesses and again worked Twitter and Facebook hard, to spread the word.
ICY SCIENCE | QTR 1 2014