“Rising Star”, taking place at the Naval Hill Planetarium, aims to take you on an astronomical journey of our heritage, with specific reference to the SAN people, right through to the development of astronomy research in South Africa to what the future holds for the country.
Guests can expect to be taken on a journey of the beautiful African skies and the Northern Hemispheres.
Mart-Marie Duvenhage from the Naval Hill Planetarium further mentioned that the stories will be told of our heritage and astronomical stories associated with the African skies. “Curator of the Boyden Museum, Dawid van Jaarsveld, will also be conducting a short lecture on the history and heritage of the two observatories, Boyden Observatory and the Naval Hill Planetarium, founded in Bloemfontein, which date back to 1927,” Duvenhage mentioned.
Duvenhage further mentioned that “Rising Star” will introduce the guests to multi-wavelength and multimessenger astronomy!
“It also highlights the many remarkable facilities hosted in South Africa, including the Southern African Large Telescope and the most powerful radio telescope in the Southern Hemisphere, the MeerKAT.”
“Rising Star” will be presented on 24 September at the Naval Hill Planetarium from 17:00 until 18:00. Front seat and gallery tickets cost R30 and main block seats cost R60 on Computicket. Beverages and light meals will be sold.
Abigail Visagie
