| Event ID: | 1767 |
| Contact Name: | Umair Asim |
| Contact Email: | umairasim@gmail.com |
| Contact Phone: | +923334257711 |
| Organization: | Khwarizmi Science Society, SUPARCO and Lahore Astronomical Society |
| Event Web Site: | http://www.umairasim.com/Index/Blog/Entries/2009/10/5_ |
| Dates: | 5th October 2009 to 6th October 2009 |
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| Type: | Public |
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| Country: | Pakistan |
| State/Province: | Punjab |
| City: | Lahore |
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| Location: | Gulshan-e-Iqbal |
| Event Name: | World Space Week 2009 Gathering |
| Event Description: | The Lahore Astronomical Society (LAST) is collaborating with SUPARCO and Khwarizmi Science Society to celebrate World Space Week. The event will be an open house for members of the general public and will comprise telescopic viewing, astronomy films in Urdu, project competitions and much more. Two day event and will take place on Monday and Tuesday, 5 and 6 October 2009, from 7-10:30 pm. |
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| Report on the Results: | These two nights were an amazing experience. We had two main telescopes: a Meade 8 for eyepiece viewing whereas a Celestron C14 was attached with 'The Imaging Source' color CCD Camera and the magnificent views were being projected on a big screen. We displayed Jupiter and its moons as well as details of lunar craters. There was a large enthusiastic gathering of sky-lovers who asked questions of all kinds. These curious questions ranged from the formation of the moon and planets to black holes and galaxies, the birth and end of the Universe! Many people asked about making their own telescopes. We provided them with recipes for making simple instruments. Young children were very eager to buy big telescopes and also asked how to be an astronaut. Images are available here: http://khwarizmi.shutterfly.com/1336?size=All&startIndex=0 and http://www.khwarizmi.org. |
| Attendance: | 600 |
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