Public Outreach
let's share our little knowledge
I
think that sciences and
astronomy in particular aren't completly
useless in the society.
I am more and more interested in public outreach and therefore I will try to provide interesting informations and links hereby.
Events
Noche de las Estrellas: "the night of stars", January 31 2009 in 23 places in Mexico!
Probably one of the biggest astronomical events worldwide for this International Year of Astronomy (IAU, UNESCO). Thousands and thousands of people will be gathered throughout the country (23 archeological/historical sites) to observe the stars and celebrate the IYA. I will be at the center of Mexico with an exhibition of photographs taken by Robin Cerutti of women astronomers in Mexico. More info on the AstronomA project here.Over 50,000 people came to watch the Feb 20 2008 total lunar eclipse!
This was an amazing event organized by "us" (the IA jointly with the city of mexico DF, the politecnico, etc.). I was mainly talking to people and telling them to wait in line to meet great astronomers such as Manuel Peimbert. We were very lucky that it sarted at 7pm, the next one, in 2010, starts at 2am! I took a few pictures!
Talks
During the international year of astronomy (2009), I gave various talks....
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