Sharing the Wonder
at AstroDay Chile!
In March, Gemini South’s premier local
outreach event, AstroDay Chile, also
delivered the wonders of our universe
to local students, educators, and the
public. The 2014 program was held for
the first time at La Serena’s Plaza de Armas and the University of La Serena’s
Outreach Center. Over 20 organizations participated, ranging from local
observatories to formal education institutions from several Chilean cities
in and around the Coquimbo region.
As this photo gallery shows, the event
offered lots to explore for the nearly
3000 participants who, along with
Gemini’s enthusiastic staff (and others), made this the most successful AstroDay Chile ever!
Top: Tuerca Loca, a physics teacher from
Santiago, Chile, entertains students from San
Joaquin school by impersonating Albert Einstein
and performing experiments in light diffraction
and physics.
Center: Last March, local dignitaries and Gemini
partners attended the ribbon cutting ceremony
for the 8th-annual AstroDay Chile, held for the
first time in the University of La Serena’s Plaza
de Armas and Outreach Center in downtown,
La Serena.
Bottom: Throughout AstroDay Chile, long lines
formed to look through telescopes at either the
Sun and its spots during the day, or craters on
the Moon at night. Stargazing continued until
the event closed at midnight.
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