Title: IYA 2009: Galilean Nights
Date: 10-22-2009 (10-23-2009 is our cloud date – same times)
Time: 7 pm to 10 pm
Location: A Time for Science (Directions)
Files: Click here for a handout of this event. Also, see the release forms on the forms/files page.
Description:
From the IYA Website:
“Wind the clock back 400 years and follow in the footsteps of a giant — experience now just what first amazed Galileo in 1609! The latest Cornerstone project of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009), Galilean Nights, will see thousands of public observing events around the world replicating Galileo’s observations and bringing what he saw 400 years ago to the public of today. From 22 to 24 October, amateur and professional astronomers, science centres, schools and all interested groups are invited to be part of the Galilean Nights project and to register their events on the project website galileannights.org. We can all make this a worldwide success.”
Join us at A Time for Science Nature and Science Learning Center in association with Bray Hollow Nature Conservancy on Thursday, October 22 from 7pm to 10 pm (weather permitting) and add your numbers to those around the globe. Friday, October 23 will be our “cloud” date. There will be telescopes and binoculars trained at Jupiter, the moon and other objects in the evening sky. A Sky Show will also be presented
You must preregister for this event!
Registration is: CLOSED
You can read our review of the night’s activities here. Thanks for coming out!
