New Star Stories Events and Speakers

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The winter Star Stories programme at Abriachan Forest is really coming together with loads of exciting talks and observing opportunities to look forward to in the months ahead. Booking links will be added as the Eventbrites go up:

12th October – Neolithic Stargazing – Dark sky observing, storytelling and talk on ancient stargazing from Stephen Mackintosh – EVENT SOLD OUT.
Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neolithic-stargazing-tickets…

16th November – Leonids Meteor Shower Special – With guest speaker Dr Anthony Luke, Lecturer of Natural and Applied Science at UHI, giving a talk on the chemistry of stars, meteors and comets. 60% of tickets already allocated.
Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stargazing-leonid-meteor-sho…

5th December – Evening with Professor Martin Hendry – A special guest talk from Martin Hendry, Professor of Gravitational Astrophysics and Cosmology at Glasgow University, entitled “Exploring the Dark Side of the Universe”
Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/star-stories-with-martin-hendry-tickets-49979041659

21st December – Winter Solstice Special – Mark the shortest day under a full moon with an evening of moon and bright star observing and a talk on the winter solstice from astronomer Stephen Mackintosh.
Eventbrite: please check back

12th January – Audience with Dark Sky Man – Observing under a crescent Moon with guest talk from author of Stargazing For Dummies and On Tour Manager of the Glasgow Science Centre, Steve Owens.
Eventbrite: please check back

9th February – Dark sky observing and Photography special – With guest speaker Graham Bradshaw of Graham Bradshaw Photography. Graham is a local photographer who has taken some stunning landscape, aurora and night sky photos. Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/star-stories-photography-special-tickets-49979762816

27th April – TBC

All evenings will include indoor and outdoor learning opportunities with Clelland, Suzann, Ronnie and the rest of the Abriachan team. Please check eventbrite links for full details.  More events, details and ticket links will appear on my Facebook site here.

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