Open House 2016

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Open House 2016

Published: 21 September 2016

The world – and Caroline Herschel – came to Burlington House on 17 September. Find out what they found...


Open House 2016
Caroline Herschel and the RAS Open House Team
Image Credit: RAS

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Open House 2016

Visitors look through the oval window

Image Credit: RAS

The world – and Caroline Herschel – came to Burlington House on 17 September. Find out what they found...

Open House 2016 at Burlington House took place on Saturday 17 September. RAS staff welcomed around 350 people to the buiding for a good look around, including a selection of material fomr the Archives, and demonstrations. RAS Outreach Officer Sheila Kanani had a rapt audience for her demonstration of how to make a comet, and Caroline Herschel came too, in the form of actor Non from Spectrum Drama. The Moon t-shirts came out again on the RAS staff and a good time was had by all.

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