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Replay: NightSchool – Astronomy in Chile
Chile isn’t called the astronomy capital of the world for nothing: During a NightSchool event highlighting the Big Astronomy planetarium show, learn about Chile’s long history of astronomical discovery, its epic mountain observatories, and the diverse collaboration of...
October Educational Events
This October, Big Astronomy is honored to be hosting professionals who work at some of the most advanced observatories in the world in educational events. These events will share the stories of each observatory - how they came to be, some of the details on the...
Replay: Educational Activity Demonstration by Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Check out a few of the educational activities created to enhance the Big Astronomy film experience by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Vivian White, Director of Free Choice Learning, demonstrates how typical street lamps cause problematic light pollution, and...
Weekly 360° Live Streams of Big Astronomy
The Big Astronomy team will be live streaming the English version of the film in 360° on our YouTube channel weekly. You can tune in every Wednesday at 3:30 PM Chile time / 2:30 pm EDT / 11:30 AM PDT. You are also welcome to direct your audiences to these live...
Tune In! 360° Live Stream of Big Astronomy in Spanish
Big Astronomy will be live streaming the film in 360° on Saturday, October 3, at 6 PM Chile time, 5 PM EDT, and 2 PM PDT, on our YouTube channel. You can watch the live stream with a VR headset, by tilting and moving your smartphone around, and on an internet browsers...
Replay: Cosmic Conversations with Ryan, Josh, Ken, and Mike
Morrison Planetarium Director, Ryan Wyatt, will be in conversation with Planetarium Supervisor, Josh Roberts, to explore why Chile is such a wonderful place for astronomy. Then Ryan will be joined by visual effects supervisor and editor, Ken Ackerman, and technical...
Free Toolkit of Hands-On Activities – Request One Today!
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific has developed hands-on toolkits to help teach the core learning goals of the Big Astronomy project. Request yours here. The themes of the Toolkit are dark skies, legends from around the world, multiwavelength astronomy, and all...
Join us! September 26 Big Astronomy Premiere
Tune in to 360° live streams of the film Big Astronomy: People, Places, Discoveries on September 26, on the Big Astronomy YouTube Channel. If you would like to share links in advance, they are below: Times in Eastern 3 pm: Stream of film in English, immediately...
Big Astronomy Premieres Virtually on September 26
The Big Astronomy worldwide premiere is coming soon to a smart phone or connected device near you! On September 26 at noon Pacific Time (PT), the new planetarium show Big Astronomy: People, Places, Discoveries will be released for an immersive 360° viewing experience,...
Replay: Real People, Big Astronomy – Dr. Connie Walker & Globe at Night
Learn about the Globe at Night citizen science project, and how anyone can contribute to science by making observations from their backyard! We spoke with Dr. Connie Walker, scientist for NSF’s NOIRLab, who shared what inspired her to work in science. Watch a replay...
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We have two fantastic educational events this week - an overview of Gemini South (Oct 27), and an introduction to the CTIO campus of telescopes (Oct 28)! Watch on Facebook Live, or join a Zoom Webinar with Spanish interpretation - links in the Facebook events.
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