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Open House – Sept 2024

Event Details

Public Events

Location: Ellis Hall - 58 University Ave, Kingston, ON K7L 3N9

Date: September 14, 2024

Time: 7:30pm - 9:00pm

Observatory Open House poster, Saturday, Sept 14 at 7:30 pm. The Boogeyman in Astronomy, featuring Brandon Shane.

The Boogeyman of Astronomy

The next Observatory Open House will be held on Saturday September 14th at 7:30pm in Ellis Hall Auditorium at Queen’s University.

This month we are very excited to feature Brandon Shane, who is a graduate student at Queen’s University. He will present ”The Boogeyman of Astronomy” which will discuss magnetic fields and how they pop-up in unexpected ways in astronomy and other space sciences.

The presentation will be followed by a tour of the McDonald Institute and the Queen’s Observatory where visitors will have the chance to view nearby and deep-sky celestial objects with our telescopes (weather permitting).

We hope to see you there!

The Open House presentations are hybrid events that can also be joined virtually over zoom: https://queensu.zoom.us/j/92254657437?pwd=WqwYIrvgWxx9ezNhOABF9quNWFdjao.1.

 

If you are unable to watch them live, the presentations are posted to the Queen’s Observatory YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@queensobservatory169.