Exceptional Images of Herstmonceux Domes

By Bernie Bell I’m following the fate of Herstmonceux Observatory …. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1131103017983895 On the FB page there are many exceptional images of the domes, and of the ‘scopes. I particularly like some of the dome images and, with the permission of the folk who took the pics, have drawn them together – some with my own…

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August 16, 2024

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By Bernie Bell

I’m following the fate of Herstmonceux Observatory ….

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1131103017983895

On the FB page there are many exceptional images of the domes, and of the ‘scopes. I particularly like some of the dome images and, with the permission of the folk who took the pics, have drawn them together – some with my own captions….

Cut-away of Dome D by John Fox

the done and seeing inside it with the telescope visible

Comet Neowise imaged from Dome D at the OSC during lockdown in 2020 by John Fox

man at telescope with the dome open and stars visible

Tree/Wall/Dome by Chris Thomas

a small tree beside a wall with the dome appearing above it

’Domes in the Mist’ by Laura M. Green

Ian Hoare’s ‘Save Herstmonceux Observatory

looking up from the telescope to the sky from the open dome

Red Dome/Red Shift by Bradley Swift

the dome red and the night sky with light streaming from its open door

I’m envisaging a calendar – maybe domes interspersed with exceptional ‘scope’ pics? Maybe cards? I’d buy some!

The Fate of Herstmonceux Observatory?

One response to “Exceptional Images of Herstmonceux Domes”

Paul

August 25, 2024 at 1:47 pm

It’s such a sad state of affairs that we are looking at the closure of the observatory science centre, but unless someone shows up with loads of money (bucket loads).
Because when Science projects uk sadly leave the observatory they will take everything that is theirs, and this will include the encoders and all of the electronics for the scopes, making them absolutely useless, beautiful, but useless.

As far as I can tell, other than the buildings themselves science projects uk, own everything, so when they go, there won’t even be the disabled ramps to get to and from the lawns, it will be as it was in the beginning, an empty shell, with very beautiful but non functioning telescopes.

There has to be a way to save it, but it will require someone with very deep pockets and a dream, because without both of them, it’s not going to happen.

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