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2010 March 10
Astronomy 101 School - Day 1
(Wednesday, 2010 March 10)
The "Communicating Astronomy 101 Course/School 2010" (linked to the IAU CAP2010 conference) started today in Cape Town.
The school is organized by Dr Ricky Olivier and Kevin Govender, and is hosted by the SAAO.
What an absolute blast – so much inspiration for future outreach activities that I can't wait to get my hands on a member of the public. And this has just been Day 1!
Check out the delightful "A Star's Life" demonstration on YouTube.
Kevin Govender opening the proceedings.
Dr Ricky Olivier on stellar evolution.
Orbits of the planets around our Sun.
Brilliant demo of stellar evolution by Inge Heyer (see the link to the video on YouTube above).
Programme
Sun, Earth, Moon, Space Science - Dr E.A. Olivier
Sun, Earth, Moon, Space Science, continued - Dr N.S. Loaring
Stars (life cycle, nebula, black holes, neutron stars) - Dr E.A. Olivier
Galaxies and cosmology - Dr N.S. Loaring
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Reader's comments
Posted by Carolina on Sunday, 2010 March 14 @22:55.
Hi Auke,
Nice entry. It was a great few days!
It was good to meet the man behind the famous psychohistorian website.
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