Students from Colegio
José Manuel Balmaceda
in la Serena cheer
over their “thermal
protection system”
creation during a
workshop led by David
Yenerall, astronomer
and ambassador for
NASA’s Van Allen Probes
mission.
Gemini South’s Pedro Gigoux interacts
with some of the nearly 3000 visitors
that attended AstroDay Chile. The event
featured staffed kiosks, informative talks,
portable planetarium shows, and a great
photographic gallery of the Astronomy of
Chile’s native people.
From 5 p.m. to midnight,
the city of La Serena
opened its Plaza
de Armas and the
University of La Serena’s
Outreach Center to the
community, offering
innovative astronomy
experiences. Here, girl
scouts enjoy their visit
to the kiosks before
a popular talk titled
“The Simpsons and
Astronomy.”
April 2014
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