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ADVENTURE IN THE SKY
Date Thursday 29th October 6pm-9pm
Venue Llangorse Community and youth Centre Tutor Techniquest & Huw James
Brush up on your Dark Sky knowledge by spending an hour with Techniquest in the planetarium to learn about what you can see in the winter sky.
This course will include major adventures in the sky which you can promote to your visitors in 2016.
Then spend an hour with Huw James to look at the many ways which you can communicate and pass on your Dark Skies knowledge to visitors.
Techniquest Planetarium
Explore the night sky like never before with Techniquest’s Starlab — a spectacular 360° Planetarium with fulldome high quality digital projection. The 40 minute presentation will take an up close look at the skies above the National Park as well as deeper into the Solar System. Learn about myths and legends, key planets and stars and the major astronomical highlights for the forthcoming year.
This activity has been part-funded by the Welsh Government’s Regional Tourism Engagement Fund
Cool tools for communicating Astronomy
Adventurer, astronomer and outdoors enthusiast, Huw James is a presenter and active campaigner for public participation in science and the outdoors. He has brought his brand of energy and enthusiasm to hundreds of stage and screen appearances and can be seen performing at many of the science festivals and events across the UK. Originally trained in space science and
a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society,
Huw is an active rock climber, surfer, sportsman and all-round adventurer. He combines these interests together to create his unique approach to enthusing all ages about the science of the universe and the natural world and holds a Gold Medal in public speaking from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. Huw will let us into his secret toolbox of communicating astronomy so you can pass this on to your guests and visitors.