SUNDAY, 11 AUGUST 2024 FROM 20:30-02:00
Perseids at Riverland Bio Farm, Kampia
Join us and our co-organisers Riverland Bio Farm for an evening of astronomical activities. Enjoy the Perseids meteor shower – this year without the moonlight interfering – under the dark starry skies of the countryside, with dozens of shooting stars visible as they enter our atmosphere during the shower's peak, reaching up to 100 per hour.
CSEO’s president and scientists will be on hand to offer a guided tour of the planets and constellations of the night sky so bring a cushion or picnic blanket for comfort! Guests are also welcome to bring their own telescopes.
For those who wish to combine the night with some further astronomical education, we will be screening a number of space documentaries at the Riverland's kiosk (see below for the screening schedule).
Entrance is free and everybody is welcome. Refreshments and snacks will be available for purchase at Riverland Bio Farm’s kiosk but attendees are also welcome to bring their own.

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Documentaries – Screening Schedule:
21.00 – 'Space Probes: Cassini and the Crown Jewel' (25 min)
Cassini-Huygens has given us a more detailed account of Saturn than we could have ever imagined. Breathtaking images of Saturn and its sparkling rings, a massive 6-sided polar storm, and 62 moons - including the most bizarre worlds in our Solar System -- we have seen them all thanks to Cassini.
21.30 – 'Breakthrough: Jupiter’s Moons and the Search for Life' (15 min)
We’ve known about them for centuries and have been photographing them for decades, but a new pair of missions will be launching to bring us closer than we’ve ever been to Jupiter’s icy moons. Revealing answers to what may be astronomy’s biggest question…do the conditions for life exist beyond Earth?
21.45 – 'The New Frontier: Gravity' (24 min)
Space telescopes orbiting above the distorting effects of the Earth’s atmosphere, such as the Hubble, have made incredible contributions to our knowledge of the universe.
22.15 – 'Mystery Signal From Space' (21 min)
The dawn of a new era in astronomy has begun as the world gets its first look at the full capabilities of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. These first images from the world’s largest and most powerful space telescope demonstrate Webb at its full power.
22.40 – 'Space Phenomena: Alien Planets' (48 min)
NASA’s next-generation space telescope TESS (Exoplanet Survey Satellite) has begun its search for Earth-like planets belonging to other star systems. How many of these ‘exoplanets’ can host life, and what kind of lifeforms can evolve in these environments?

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