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Erbil governorate: Erbil

The Biggest Astro photos Exhibition conjunction with Galilean Nights in Iraqi Kurdistan Region

Event Report: click here to see the event report

Location
Venue: Shanadar Park and Gallery
Street/Description: in the middle of the park
City: Erbil
Post Code/Zip Code:

When
Start Date: 22/10/2009
End Date: 24/10/2009
Start Time (each day): 07:00 UT
End Time (each day): 21:00 (approximate)

Contact Details
Organising Group: Amateur Astronomers Association of Krdistan
Main Contact: Azhy Chto Hasan
E-mail: azhychato@gmail.com
Phone: +9647507798882
Website: http://www.kurdastro.org

Further Details
The exhibition and Galilean Nights are gathered together and the result was like an astronomical festival between October, 22-24.2009 in the center of Shanadar Park and its interesting gallery. There were thousands of guests, astronomy friends and lovers, verity guests and tourists from Iraqi governorates, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Greece, Norway, UK, Costa Rica and USA. Some of foreign guests were (semi shocked!) by this exhibition and they do not expect to see something like that in Iraq and Kurdistan.

THE GALILEAN NIGHTS…
When the Giant appears very glory!

Most of the exhibition guests got a nice chance to looking from the MEADE LX200 to the Solar System Giant Planet (Jupiter), and sure, for the 1st time on their life! Such a magnificent object here! A light yellow ball with 2 brown equatorial belts and and 4 bright spots around it.

Peoples asked about the physical facts about Jupiter and it's Galelian Satellites, after we announced that all this activity is to remind peoples about what Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei done about 400 years ago and we should appreciating his efforts toward exploring the Solar System and his theoretical ideas about the solar system.

The event lifted a big impact in every one who was visited the exhibition and watched to charmed images of the universe and it's fascinating colors, and then the Giant Planet through the telescope, some of them said that this was most wonderful and interesting day in their life and it was a great experience to looking at Jupiter as Galileo had done