Both Science Literacy Week, a celebration of Canadian science in Canadian culture, and World Space Week are coming soon. What better way to celebrate than by learning from a Canadian amateur astronomer? Frank Hitchens, who hails from Perth, Ontario, is the star of two upcoming KFPL events focused on the cosmos.
On September 24, during Science Literacy Week, Hitchens will host Eye in the Sky: The Hubble Space Telescope, a discussion of the telescope from its launch in 1990 to its retirement in 2011. Hubble was a of the most productive tools for gathering information. from beyond our planet. Canada has a storied history with Hubble, contributing the Canadarm, which helped maintain and repair the telescope during its two decades of operation.
The event takes place from 14 to 15 has the delegation Isabel Turner. Register online.
Hitchens will return to the Isabel Turner branch during World Space Week for Voyager: Quest for the Titans on October 5 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Meet Voyager I, the space probe that is the farthest man-made object from Earth. more than 23 billion kilometers away. Voyager, launched in 1977, collected valuable information about Saturn, its moon Titan and Jupiter and continues to communicate with Earth.
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“It will be great to have Frank back at KFPL to talk about Hubble and Voyager,” said Jake Miller, adult programming librarian. “Much of what we have learned over the past four decades is thanks to these magnificent instruments. These sessions will be a great entry point for those learning astronomy. Places are already filling up!”
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