ANCIENT ASTRONOMY: FACT OR FICTION?

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Vicster V
Vicster Jul 21, 2006 11:22:40

My firend has just emailed me this - sounds pretty interesting for any of you up in Alba next week...

ANCIENT ASTRONOMY: FACT OR FICTION?
Stone-Age Sky Watchers
Dr Euan MacKie of Glasgow University¹s Hunterian Museum

ScottishPower Planetarium
Glasgow Science Centre
Thursday 27th July 2006
Doors open at 18:45 for a prompt start at 19:00
Prices: £4.95
Booking essential - please call 0871 540 1000*

Join Dr Euan MacKie, archaeologist and astronomer at Glasgow University¹s Hunterian Museum, as he unearths the history of stone-age astronomy in Scotland. MacKie¹s controversial talk will take place under the stars of Glasgow Science Centre¹s ScottishPower planetarium. Stone Age Sky Watchers will address whether there was any sophisticated astronomy happening in Scotland over five thousand years ago. Using the powerful planetarium technology, MacKie will transport you back to 3000BC to view the sky as our ancestors saw it, and to look for alignments of standing stones with the Sun, Moon and stars of antiquity.

P Pete G
Pete G Jul 21, 2006 11:27:23
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rehashing the work of Hawkins and Thom with the aim of the latest astronomy software.
I bet he discovers lots...

F follow that cow
follow that cow Jul 21, 2006 12:39:19
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[quote="Vicster"]My firend has just emailed me this - sounds pretty interesting for any of you up in Alba next week...

As I live up here, does that make me an Alba nian?....... ;-)

Anyway, should be an interesting show as long as the planetarium doesn't pack in. There are plenty of tickets left so no need to get crushed in the stampede!