To start this last piece on this year’s Astrofest, mainly showing how much fun we had after the event, here’s a group picture of Galaxy Zoo friends, who started meeting up at the very same event a couple of years ago. From left to right and top to bottom you see: Jules, Tommy, Gemma, John, [...]
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Mar
20
2012
Astrofest Adventures (the experience)
In the meantime Brian (May) sat next to me; we whispered hi and watched Simon (Singh) fry a gherkin together. We also enjoyed Katie Melua’s song with Simon’s lyrics to her ‘Nine Million Bicycles’. Only at Astrofest. © Max Alexander. Part of the Astrofest Experience is not going home without at least one or [...]
Mar
19
2012
Astrofest Adventures (on stage)
Dr. Lucie Green, who’d just given her lively talk about her investigations of the Sun, and I, about the be announced on stage. © Max Alexander. I had already admired the hugeness of the venue, the audience and the stage, when we plugged in the laptops to test. Which was good, as you can’t [...]
Mar
18
2012
Astrofest Adventures (the preparations)
The enormous screen announcing Astrofest 2012, with my laptop in front of it. © Hanny van Arkel. Astrofest, for those new to the phenomenon: huge astronomy event in Kensington, London, with lectures, book signings, an exhibition and many cool people. The place to be every second weekend in February, in short. This year would [...]