A member of staff welcoming a group of visitors to the Hollowfield

Section 2. You will hear a member of staff welcoming a group of visitors to the Hollowfield Observatory and Planetarium. First, you have some time to look at questions 11 to 15. Now listen carefully and answer questions 11 to 15. MAN: Good evening, everyone, and a very warm welcome to Hollowfield Observatory. Let me start by orienting you, because the site is bigger than it looks from the car park. As you came in, you passed a low round building on your left, that's the planetarium, with the dome you'll have spotted. Directly ahead of us is the main hall, where the ticket desk and the shop are. The tall tower to the right, the one with the sliding roof, houses our largest telescope, and tucked behind the main hall, out of the wind, is the outdoor viewing terrace where we set up the portable instruments on clear nights. MAN: Now, a few practical notes about the different spaces, and please listen carefully, because each one has its own rule. In the planetarium, the shows are timed and the doors are locked once a show begins, so latecomers simply can't be admitted, do arrive a few minutes early. In the main telescope tower, the great enemy is white light, it ruins your night vision for half an hour, so no phone screens or torches at all in there, we'll give you a dim red light if you need one. On the viewing terrace, wrap up, it is always several degrees colder than indoors, and there's no shelter, so a warm coat is essential. And in the exhibition room off the main hall, unusually, you're positively encouraged to touch, everything in there is hands-on, including a real piece of meteorite you can hold. Before you hear the rest of the talk, you have some time to look at questions 16 to 20. MAN: A word on what you'll actually see tonight. I have to be honest with you, the one thing everybody asks for, Saturn's rings, won't be visible this evening, the planet is below the horizon just now. What we will have, weather permitting, is a spectacular view of the Moon, which is near full, and if the cloud clears late on, a distant galaxy through the big telescope. So, marvellous things, just not the one you may have come for. MAN: Finally, our programme of events, in case you'd like to come back. Our most popular evening by far is the monthly meteor-watch, and I'd urge you to book that online in advance, it always sells out. The children's astronomy club, on the other hand, has plenty of spaces and you can simply turn up on the day. Our astrophotography course does require you to bring your own camera, we can't lend those out. And the guided history-of-astronomy talk is, I'm pleased to say, completely free, no charge at all. Right, if you'll follow me, we'll begin in the planetarium. That is the end of Section 2. You now have some time to check your answers.