The free event is put on alongside the Calgary Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.<\/p>\n
Carmen Erison, program and engagement manager at the library, says excitement is already building for the drop-in night.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis event is truly for everyone,\u201d Erison says. \u201cFamilies, teens, kids, adults, seniors, experienced stargazers, and people who are just simply curious.\u201d<\/p>\n
She says you definitely don’t need to be an expert to drop by and have fun.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo astronomy background is needed,\u201d Erison says. \u201cYou just need to bring your curiosity and enjoy an evening under the stars.\u201d<\/p>\n
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From outdoor telescope viewing to hands-on space activities inside, A Night with the Stars returns to the Cochrane Public Library this Friday.\u00a0Photos provided.\u00a0
\nWhat to expect<\/p>\n
The event runs from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. right across the library, with no registration required.<\/p>\n
Because the travelling planetarium is a bit worse for wear, organizers are levelling up the other activities inside and out instead.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re ramping up all the other activities in the library in replacement of that planetarium,\u201d Erison says.<\/p>\n
You can check out space-themed challenges, crafts, colouring sheets, and cool presentations on the night sky.<\/p>\n
Hands-on telescope viewing<\/p>\n
Out in the parking lot, members of the Royal Astronomical Society will set up telescopes for public viewing.<\/p>\n
Erison says past crowds have scored awesome shots of Saturn, the moon, and distant stars.<\/p>\n
\u201cLooking through a telescope and seeing the moon, planets, or distant stars for yourself is a completely different experience,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt helps spark imagination and helps remind us that there\u2019s always more to discover.\u201d<\/p>\n
Remember to bundle up, as parts of the event take place outdoors.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of Cochrane\u2019s most popular astronomical events is heading back to town this week. The fourth annual A…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":914447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[49,48,66,306],"class_list":["post-914446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=914446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/914447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=914446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=914446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=914446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}