BBC Stargazing LIVE at Leicester University 2014 photos

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: Myself, Graham and Luther busy setting up before the public is let in.(Copyright Luther Jackson)

: Just about ready!

: The Chelyabinsk specimens and photos we had on display proved very popular.

: Some of my UK and Irish meteorite specimens on display.

: Our guess the weight of the meteorite competition proved very popular!

: Some of Graham’s amazing Lunar and Martian meteorites on display.

: More of Graham’s Lunars and Martians and other specimens.

: A nice slice of Mundrabilla and a large chondrite Bechar 001.

: Close up of Graham’s large 14.5kg Bechar 001 (Copyright Luther Jackson)

: Luther’s display cabinet including amongst others a gorgeous example of Sikhote Alin.

: Close up view of Luther’s cabinet.

: The cast of the amazing oriented Middlesbrough meteorite is always a head turner and generates questions from visitors.

: Luther has some nice Beni M’Hira specimens to go with his book and framed print.

: Luther’s display table with our BIMS display board in the background.(Copyright Luther Jackson)

: Graham setup and waiting for the public to arrive.

: Our BIMS poster recycled from BBC Stargazing Live at Tatton Park 2013

: Next to our display was a Mars diorama where people could have a go at controlling a rover over the surface of ‘Mars’ 🙂

: Close up of the surface of ‘Mars’ 🙂

: Myself and Graham with some of the first visitors to our display. (Copyright Luther Jackson)

: We were given an excellent display area and made good use of our space to put on a good display. (Copyright University of Leicester)

: There were a good mixture of visitors with children and adults alike fascinated by our display of space rocks. (Copyright Luther Jackson)

: “Think of how many bags of sugar” was the most common method of guessing the weight of the Campo!!

: Seeing kids faces in awe of being able to hold a real space rock is always one of the highlights of putting on displays like this.

: My 275 gram slice of Allende, like a slice of the starry night sky!

: My 93.5 gram specimen of the historic Barwell fall, the ‘Christmas meteorite’

: Chelyabinsk was a common talking point with visitors as many had like us been mesmerised by the amazing footage and photos shown on the news.

: Luther talking space rocks with visitors to our stand.

: “So, how do you know these are meteorites and not just rocks found in the garden?” 😉

: Will you be lucky? Someone has to win 🙂

: Graham doing actions for a meteorite fall 😉

: We had a steady stream of visitors throughtout the evening with over 3000 people having been confirmed through the gates.

: Luther doing a fantastic job engaging with space obsessed visitors.

: We had numerous groups of children from schools, cubs, scouts and brownies attend our display.

: Our competitions are always a draw for visitors.

: Graham explaining the Widmanstatten pattern using a superb large slice of etched Gibeon.

: A group of cub scouts talking meteorites with Luther.

: Graham doing a sterling job having an extended chat with this couple who spent a long time at our stand.

: However often we put this display on we still get a huge buzz from interacting with the public and once we get talking we cant stop! 🙂

: We were kept busy with visitors stopping by right to the end of the night.

: Last minute competition entries going in in the closing minutes of the show.

: Luther with a captivated audience. (Copyright University of Leicester)

: A continuous stream of visitors 🙂 (Copyright University of Leicester)

: Luther getting animated! 🙂 (Copyright University of Leicester)

: A hands on approach 🙂 (Copyright University of Leicester)

: Fascinated by the in situ Beni M’Hira photos. (Copyright University of Leicester)

: Visitors enthralled by space rocks 🙂 (Copyright University of Leicester)

: From young kids through to octogenarians and all in between, they were all fascinated and amazed by our display. (Copyright University of Leicester)

: And this is why we do what we do, that look of amazement on children’s faces! (Copyright University of Leicester)

: We get as much out of these interactions as the visitors do 🙂 (Copyright University of Leicester)

: A future meteoriticist? (Copyright University of Leicester)

: Guess, guess, guess 🙂 (Copyright University of Leicester)

: Showing off some Chelyabinsk peas. (Copyright University of Leicester)

: Harry Jethwa – the lucky competition winner 🙂 (Copyright Harry Jethwa)