Bham Uni's fab new telescope
Posted: 05 Dec 2013, 09:56
Dear Friends of University of Birmingham Observatory
We invite you to attend the opening night of "Astronomy in the City", our new series of free public events, on January 29, 2014.
Journey with us from star gazing, all the way to exploring the night sky with our powerful new telescope. Along the way, members of the University's Astrosoc, and the Birmingham Astronomy Society (BAS) will show you how to use their portable telescopes. Tours of our Observatory, including observing with our research telescope will also be offered. Our experts will be on hand to answer your questions throughout the evening, and in a special "Ask the Expert" session.
The event starts in the Poynting Building on our Edgbaston campus, within easy reach of local transport links.
Provisional Programme:
6:00pm Welcome and introduction to the Observatory 6:20pm What's up? Exploring February's night sky 6:40pm Why? How? Ask our experts your astronomical questions 7:00pm Break for refreshments 7:15pm Observing begins
This is an all ticket event. Admission is only available to people with a ticket. Further information and tickets are available via our web-site: www.birmingham.ac.uk/observatory
We look forward to meeting many of you in January!
Best regards,
The Astronomy in the City Team.
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---------------University of Birmingham Observatory----------------
www.birmingham.ac.uk/observatory www.twitter.com/UoBobservatory
ubo@star.sr.bham.ac.uk www.facebook.com/UoBobservatory
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We invite you to attend the opening night of "Astronomy in the City", our new series of free public events, on January 29, 2014.
Journey with us from star gazing, all the way to exploring the night sky with our powerful new telescope. Along the way, members of the University's Astrosoc, and the Birmingham Astronomy Society (BAS) will show you how to use their portable telescopes. Tours of our Observatory, including observing with our research telescope will also be offered. Our experts will be on hand to answer your questions throughout the evening, and in a special "Ask the Expert" session.
The event starts in the Poynting Building on our Edgbaston campus, within easy reach of local transport links.
Provisional Programme:
6:00pm Welcome and introduction to the Observatory 6:20pm What's up? Exploring February's night sky 6:40pm Why? How? Ask our experts your astronomical questions 7:00pm Break for refreshments 7:15pm Observing begins
This is an all ticket event. Admission is only available to people with a ticket. Further information and tickets are available via our web-site: www.birmingham.ac.uk/observatory
We look forward to meeting many of you in January!
Best regards,
The Astronomy in the City Team.
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---------------University of Birmingham Observatory----------------
www.birmingham.ac.uk/observatory www.twitter.com/UoBobservatory
ubo@star.sr.bham.ac.uk www.facebook.com/UoBobservatory
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