100 Hours of Astronomy Registered Events: BULGARIA
“Winter story of the constellations”: All villages and towns in the municipality of Dolna Mitropolia, Bulgaria
Organiser: Municipal center for extracurricular activities, Baykal village
Event Date(s): January 11-13, 2019
About: The Astro Club at the Municipal Center will organize and conduct in several nights Astro Party - telescopic observations of "Deep Sky" objects, visible planets and a special laser astroshow of the winter constellations, telling the myths and legends related to them. The activities will take place in all schools on the territory of the municipality of Dolna Mitropolia with about 1200 students.
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Contact: Ivo Jokin
Observations of the winter starry sky and Mars: Shumen, Bulgaria
Organiser: Shumen Astronomical Observatory
Event Date(s): January 11, 2019
About: Night observation of the starry sky and study of the winter constellations with high school students in the town. Observations of Mars with 15 cm telescope. Taking images of Mars with 25cm telescope by the students in order to prepare a presentation.
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Contact: Prof. Diana Kyurkchieva
Solar Observations: Shumen, Bulgaria
Organiser: Shumen Astronomical Observatory
Event Date(s): January 10, 2019
About: Observations of the Sun with 11-15 year old students with the solar telescope. Monitoring of Sunspots and solar flares. Discussion on the Sun activity.
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Contact: Prof. Diana Kyurkchieva
"Star Shows For All": Smolyan, Bulgaria
Organiser: Planetarium and Astronomical Observatory – Smolyan
Event Date(s): January 12, 2019
About: Free popular shows in the Star hall of the Planetarium. The Program of the Open Day includes the fairy tale “Moon Girl” and the popular shows “Space Fairy Tale”, “Journey to the End of the Night”, “Cosmic Odyssey”, and “Cosmic Encounters”.
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Contact: Mariyana Hadzhigencheva
100 Hours of Astronomy: Sofia, Bulgaria
Organiser: Institute of Astronomy and NAO, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Event Date(s): January 12, 2019
About: Popular lectures will present a brief overview of the most exciting moments in the IAU history, the most interesting astronomical events in 2019, as well as the recent missions to the Sun. Light will be shed on the manifestation of stellar magnetic fields and on the nature of some impressive astronomical objects, like flickering stars and supernovae. The guests will have the opportunity to observe cosmic rays and to understand how and why the main mirror of the 2m telescope at Rozhen National Astronomical Observatory is removed. The Eratosthenes experiment of the Earth’s circumference estimation will be reproduced. The “Above and Beyond” exhibition, showcasing the key achievements of astronomy and space research, as well as the role of IAU over the past century, will be exposed.
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Contact: Dr. Lyuba Slavcheva-Mihova
Astro TED: Varna, Bulgaria
Organiser: Higher Navy School "Nikola Vaptsarov"
Event Date(s): January 11, 2019
About: Students from the Higher Navy School will present their works in astronomy and will discuss the results from their astronomical observations.
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Contact: Dr. Vesselka Radeva
100 Hours of Astronomy: Varna, Bulgaria
Organiser: Astronomical Observatory and Planetarium "Nicolaus Copernicus" – Varna
Event Date(s): January 11, 2019
About:Celebration Opening with an open day. The guests could attend the shows 'Cosmic Journey' and 'Romantic Stories of the Starry Night', as well as the exhibition of astrophotographs by Emil Ivanov and Michail Mamchurov.
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Contact: Svezhina Dimitrova