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The Observatory Science Centre
Herstmonceux
Hailsham
East Sussex
BN27 1RN
Herstmonceux
Hailsham
East Sussex
BN27 1RN
Tel: 01323 832731
Fax: 01323 832741
Fax: 01323 832741
Time
The Time Exhibition creates a link to past activities at the Royal Observatory
Herstmonceux was once the home of 'Greenwich Mean Time', and the 'pips' were sent to the BBC from here. At first the Earth's rotation was used as the ultimate timekeeper, but later, atomic clocks took over, accurate to one second in 300,000 years. The Earth is a less steady timekeeper and its rotation slows by more than a thousandth of a second every 100 years.
With a mixture of 'look-and-think' exhibits and fully hands-on ones, this exhibition is concerned with various aspects of Time and how it is measured.
Herstmonceux was once the home of 'Greenwich Mean Time', and the 'pips' were sent to the BBC from here. At first the Earth's rotation was used as the ultimate timekeeper, but later, atomic clocks took over, accurate to one second in 300,000 years. The Earth is a less steady timekeeper and its rotation slows by more than a thousandth of a second every 100 years.
With a mixture of 'look-and-think' exhibits and fully hands-on ones, this exhibition is concerned with various aspects of Time and how it is measured.
Time Exhibit List