Space Day and Moon Watch is an all day family event taking place Saturday, October 31st, 2009 from 3pm - 7:30pm at the Nottingham Castle!

Walk through our solar system, enjoy hands-on experiments, look at the Moon and Jupiter through a telescope, hear professional scientists describe the universe, experience the visual wonders of the universe inside a planetarium, dress in costume, and more!

Events of the Day:

• Inflatable Planetarium - shows every 30 minutes!
• Solar System Tour - A Planet Safari!
• "Ask An Astronomer" booth
• Childrens activities: games, contests, coloring, rocket launches, etc...
• Short talks from professional astronomers- starting at 3:30pm
• Moon Landing Workshop by Anu Ojha from the National Space Center
• Halloween Costume Competition
• Speak with famous scientists of the past**!
• Telescope and Binocular Viewing - see Jupiter, the Moon, and the Sun!
• Estimation Station!
• Win Prizes!!

   

Talk Schedule:

4:400 - 5:00 pm: The Secret Rulers of the World – The Science Behind Conspiracy Theories by Anu Ojha

5:00 pm: The History of the Telescope, from 40 Millimetres to 40 Metres by Mike Merrifield

5:30 pm: How Big Is Space?  by Alfonso Aragon-Salamanca

6:00 pm: Life on the Moons in our Solar System? by Markus Hammonds

6:30 pm: Black Holes and Quasars  by Omar Almaini

7:00 pm: Sir Isaac Remembers....   by Mike Edmonds

** Talk to famous scientistists from the past!  including:

• Isaac Newton (Mike Edmunds)
• Caroline Herschel (Emma Rigby)
• Karl Schwarzschild (Neil Butcher)
• Hypatia of Alexandria (Meghan Gray)
• Albert Einstein (Boris Haeussler)
• Johannes Kepler (Carlos Hoyos)
• Galileo Galilei (Daniele Fantin) 
• Henrietta Leavitt (Yara Jaffe)

For more information or to volunteer, please email:

Amanda Bauer - amanda.bauer [at] nottingham.ac.uk

Ruth Gruetzbauch - Ruth.Gruetzbauch [at] nottingham.ac.uk 

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