On 18 January 2012, Armagh Observatory and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) will host a full day of EU-Universe Awareness and free BBC Stargazing LIVE (UK live television programme) activities. This event will take place at An Creagán and Beaghmore Stone Circles, a unique megalithic place regarded as the best Dark-Sky site in Northern Ireland.
At An Cregán the morning will be filled with EU-UNAWE astronomy and science activities for local primary school children. These activities will lead children through a learning path of hands-on experiments involving different cultures from around the world. A fascinating shadow theatre and puppet performances will be provided by EU-UNAWE presenters from the Arcetri Observatory in Florence, Italy.
Children will also learn concepts of distance and scale with activities prepared to illustrate the scale of our Solar System, and they will learn how to observe visible objects in the night sky.
In the evening, children, their parents and all other participants are invited to a free Stargazing LIVE event at the Beaghmore Stone Circles. There will be an opportunity to observe the bright planets (i.e. Venus and Jupiter), as well as the first stars to appear after sunset. To learn more about BBC Stargazing LIVE visit the site.
Check the entire programme for this event here.
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