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Orientation in the sky? Numismatic adventures, scientists on coins? We can get answers to everything at the events of the Magnitude Astronomical Association.
The Magnitude Astronomy Association of Debrecen welcomes all those interested in astronomy and space research every Thursday from 5:00 p.m. The lectures are scientific but accessible to everyone, with projections and free admission.
On Thursday, 27 February at 5:00 p.m. Gergő Nagy, the collection manager of the Ferenc Kölcsey Memorial House and Álmosd Exhibition Centre in Álmosd, will hold a lecture with projection in the cinema room of the DEMKI Újkerti Community House (Debrecen, 17 Jerikó Street).
The programme will also include a small mini-exhibition with numismatic curiosities.
On Thursday 6 March, from 5.30 p.m., an astronomy programme with a projection and a small planetarium presentation will be held at the same place. This will be followed by an open-air telescope and laser demonstration on the top of the nearby Újkerti sledge hill after dark on clear days.
Visitors will be able to see the Moon, Jupiter, Mars and several well-known winter constellations.
Organised by ATOMKI, on Thursday 20 March at 11:00 a.m., President of the Magnitude Astronomy Association, astronomer and lecturer György Zajácz will give a lecture entitled “Observing the Sky” at the HUN-REN ATOMKI Visitor Centre (18/C Bem Square, entrance at the Poroszlay Street gate. For more information on the free and open programme of the Atomki, please click here.
Dates: 27 March, 6 March, 20 March
Location: various locations in Debrecen
Source and photo credit: dehir.hu