University of Birmingham Astronomical Society
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Date/Time
Date(s) - 08/03/2014
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location
Poynting Physics Building
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- Target Audience: General Public
- Accessibility: Yes
- Food & Drink: No
- Terrain: No Problems
On January 7th, 1610, Galileo noticed “three fixed stars, totally invisible by their smallness” near Jupiter. By the 13th he had found a fourth, and determined these were in fact the Jovian moons. This was the beginning of a revolution in astronomy – showing that not every heavenly body orbits the Earth.
Join us on March 8th to follow in the footsteps of Galileo, see what he saw, and learn more about these “fixed stars” that he could have ever imagined possible….