This past event was fully booked!
View the University's new telescope, alongside its existing 10"-aperture telescope, and take part in stargazing in our own Botanic Gardens
Organised by the University of Aberdeen and supported by the Aberdeen Astronomical Society, Friends of the Cruickshank Botanic Garden and STEM Learning (UK), this event provides an opportunity for public and educational engagement in astronomy and astrophysics at amateur, school, and university levels. A new advanced 16"-aperture University telescope will be exhibited with another 10"-aperture University telescope to be made available for stargazing by the participants in the University’s beautiful Cruickshank Botanic Garden, weather permitting.
During the event, tea, coffee and snacks will be provided in the foyer of the Zoology Building, with ten short talks (approx. 15 min each) to be given in the Zoology Lecture Theatre with roughly 5 minutes in between each talk. This allows for time for conversation and discussions, and movement of people between the Botanic Garden, the foyer of the Zoology Building, and the Zoology Lecture Theatre.
The date of the event, the 21st of October, is the birthday of Anne Cruickshank, who set up a trust fund in 1898 to purchase land presented to the University of Aberdeen and to support a garden built on it, which has developed into today’s Cruickshank Botanic Garden. Later, Anne Cruickshank bequeathed her whole estate to a fund from which an institution of a Cruickshank Lectureship in Astronomy was set up. This year is the centenary of this historic role since the first Cruickshank Lecturer was appointed in 1924 at the University of Aberdeen.
- Participants are welcome to bring portable astronomical telescopes and binoculars to the event.
- Please dress appropriately for cold and changeable weather conditions when stargazing.
- Speaker
- Various speakers
- Hosted by
- Department of Physics and Cruickshank Botanic Garden
- Venue
- Zoology Building
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