Liverpool
From 7pm
Astor Theater
59 Gorham St, Liverpool, NS
$5.--
The ancient Greeks and Romans often recounted the adventures of their gods. Knowing these stories will help you find the constellations in the winter night sky.
Many of these constellations hide deep sky objects (DSOs) that you can see with binoculars. Tony Schellinck invites you to hear these stories, to view the constellations and asterisms and to find nebula, galaxies and open clusters among the stars.
If you wish, you can bring a pair of binoculars to practice looking for these objects during the show. If you don't have any binoculars we will have a supply at the theatre to share among the audience.
The show will last approximately an hour. If the sky is clear and the temperature tolerable we will go to St. Gregory's Church overflow parking (350 metre walk or drive) to find the constellations and the DSOs using binoculars.
This presentation is not recommended for young children because of the content of the stories.
Presenter: Tony Schellinck - Tony is an amateur astronomer who has an observatory in Port Mouton from which he photographs the stars for use in this show.
Tony has been a presenter at the Dalhousie University Planetarium for the last several years, putting on shows three times a year there.
He plans to bring an enhanced planetarium experience to audiences outside the Halifax area.
All proceeds go to the Astor Theatre.