Event ID: | 4098 |
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Contact Email: | info@bco.ie |
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Organization: | CIT Blackrock Castle Observatory |
Event Web Site: | http://www.bco.ie/2012/07/wsw12/ |
Dates: | 5th October 2012 to 5th October 2012 |
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Type: | Public |
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Country: | Ireland |
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City: | Cork |
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Location: | 51.89988, -8.40287 |
Event Name: | First Fridays at the Castle |
Event Description: | First Fridays at the Castle is an action-packed open night on the first Friday of every month with activities for visitors of all ages. From 18:00-20:00 we run four half-hour hands family-friendly workshops with our in-house teacher and astronomer, Frances McCarthy. Between 20:00 and 21:00 join Robert Hill for ‘Space in our lives’ – a family-friendly presentation that will take you out to the limits of our observable universe and show just some of the ways in which we here on Earth use space in our everyday lives. The presentations will be a mix of live interaction and the latest in 3D technology From 21:00 the Cork Astronomy Club and BCO astronomers will help train your eyes towards the constellations (weather dependent) |
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Report on the Results: | The interactive talk 'Space in our lives’ gave family'a chance to explore our universe and learn about some of the ways in which we here on Earth use space in our everyday lives. |
Attendance: | 150 |
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Media Impressions: | 500 |
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