Steven Gray Astronomer / Astrophotographer visited us with the Cosmos Planetarium in October with the event held in Uig Community centre and it was thoroughly enjoyed by all who attended. Cosmos planetarium is a state of the art, fully digital, 360° immersive multi-media theatre experience. The 6 metre mobile planetarium can accommodate up to 40 children or 25 adults – no need for expensive transport costs as it can come to you! ‘’ With our planetarium software we can give you a virtual tour of the night sky as it will look that evening or any other evening for that matter. We can go thousands of years into the past or future. We can show all 88 constellations in the northern and southern hemisphere skies, including the wonderful ancient greek and roman constellation artwork. We can zoom in on planets to see surface detail as well as their orbiting moons, see nebula and star clusters in our own galaxy or fly out to other galaxies millions of light years away’’
He also held a talk at Gallan Beag and gave us an overview of what is involved with having a Dark Skies designation. Items covered included the Dark Skies status procedure, the various designations, parks, sites and how light pollution impacts on humans, wildlife and the environment. Steven operates a mobile Cosmos Planetarium and is Secretary of British Association Planetaria, elected fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, Winston Churchill memorial trust travelling fellow, STEM ambassador, member of the International Planetarium Society & Member of the Dark Skies International Association
Mobile Planetarium