Visitors to the museum on 21st June are invited spend an hour doing daylight astronomy from the garden where William Herschel discovered Uranus in 1781. It’s the summer solstice, when the Earth is fully tilted towards the sun, meaning we have a very long day. You’ll need to pre-book to get a viewing spot.

Visitors can also enjoy the historic interiors and plenty of the Herschels’ inventions and personal mementoes. Sir Patrick Moore described Herschel as ‘the greatest telescope maker of his day’.  The quality of the optics in Herschel’s telescopes, combined with his highly polished mirrors made from speculum metals, allowed the observer to see objects in deep space with remarkable clarity. 

https://herschelmuseum.org.uk/event/summer-solstice/