London to Brighton

Today was the 5th annual London to Brighton Smart Run, With over 2,000 Smart Cars of every colour and description leaving Thorpe Park at around 10 o'clock and arriving at Brighton several hours later. Brighton being busier than normal partly due to the fact that most of the sea front was courdoned off by armed police due to a small thing like the Labour Party Conference. Again I will get some pic's up once I have time.

Update: Pictures are Here

Astronomy - seeing predictions

Well the two links below point to some experimental seeing predictions. NOTE These predictions seem to not be updated frequently...

Astronomy - Seeing prediction for Kelling (Well Close enough)
This link gives and estimate for the seeing conditions at a location just off from Kelling Heath

Astronomy - Seeing prediction for London (More like Watford but close enough)

Looks like the swiss need some lessons in geography!

Herstmonceux Science Centre Astronomy Festival 2005

The Observatory Science Centre, Herstmonceux, East Sussex

Well this is where we were last weekend, The Herstmonceux Science Centre Astronomy Festival 2005. Not only was this the first star party that we had attended it was also the first time that they had held an event at this location, so there were a few things that weren't quite ready. The main thing that was missing was showers, these were not available due to a lack of water pressure at the site which will be fixed for next year, along with the povision of electricity to the camp site. Never the less despite the weather being clouded all weekend, it was a thoroughly enjoyable weekend with a good friendly atmosphere.

I will post some photos once I have them...

Update: Photo's are now online Here