Fwd: Stargazing and Work Experience at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
News from RAL about their stargazing event on the 19th, run in conjunction with our friends at Newbury AS, and some other events.
Chris H
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| Subject: | Stargazing and Work Experience at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory |
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| Date: | Tue, 2 Jan 2024 10:48:09 +0000 |
Happy New Year!
We’re really excited about our annual
Stargazing event, coming up in just over two weeks!
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Stargazing will take place on Friday
19 January (17:30-20:30) at the Rutherford Appleton
Laboratory (OX11 0QX).
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Registration opens this Friday (5
January) via our website
https://stargazing2024.eventbrite.co.uk. As places for stargazing are normally
snapped up quickly, we’ll be releasing them in three
batches – at 07:00, 12:00 and 19:00 this Friday (5
January). Do book early to avoid disappointment!
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There’ll be a wide range of activities
for the whole family whatever the weather: hands-on
activities, talks, the chance to hold real meteorites,
tours of one of our particle accelerators (the ISIS
Neutron and Muon Source), facepainting and much more!
Thanks to our wonderful friends at Newbury Astronomy
Society, there will also (weather permitting!) be real
stargazing: if the skies don’t cooperate, you’ll still be
able to chat to the society and find out more about
observing and telescopes (there’s more information and a
link to the Newbury Astronomy Society below).
We’re also happy to announce that
applications for our work experience programme are now
open. Work experience at the laboratory is a fantastic
opportunity for school and college students to get a taste
of working life at a large research organization – in both
STEM and non-STEM roles. Students in Years 10-13 (age
14-18) can apply, and placements will be in-person at the
lab in June and July.
Applications are via our online form, and will
close on 25 February. You can find more details and
how to apply on our website:
https://stfc-workexperience.co.uk/.
We do hope you’ll be able to join us for
our upcoming Talking Science events:
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No time to chill! – Friday 16 February by Dr Chris Lawson, ISIS Neutron and Muon
Source
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13:30- Liquid nitrogen show: Many of
our science experiments require really cold
temperatures. But how cold is really cold? And what
happens to science at these super cold temperatures?
Join Chris for this exciting show for families followed
by some hands-on activities in our visitor centre
afterwards. Suitable for all ages, especially children
aged 5-11.
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19:00- Talk: Ultra-low temperatures at
the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source: At ISIS we generate
beams of neutrons and muons for over 1000 experiments
every year. Many of these require ultra-low
temperatures, reaching close to absolute zero (-273.15oC)
and creating some of the coldest environments in the
universe. Join Chris as he takes you on his cryogenic
journey, stopping off along the way to explore some very
cool experiments and intriguing effects with liquid
nitrogen, before thinking about what the future may hold
… how low can we go?
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Searching for water on the Moon
– Friday 8 March (13:30 and 19:00) by Dr Katherine
Shirley, University of Oxford (10+)
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The search for water across the Solar
System has long driven space science, but what about on
our nearest neighbour? We’ll explore why we are
interested in water in the Solar System and how our
understanding of water on the Moon has changed over
time. We will also talk about how researchers are
working to build space instruments that will tell us
more about lunar water in upcoming missions.
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To register, please visit our website: https://TS2023-24.eventbrite.co.uk
Finally – a Save the Date announcement!
We’re incredibly excited to be holding an Open Week on site
in June, with two school days (Tuesday 25 and Wednesday 26
June) and a public day (Saturday 29 June). This is a
fantastic opportunity to explore the site for yourselves,
walking through the experiments, talking to our staff,
taking part in hands-on activities and lots more!
Registration for the school days will be opening this month
(do let us know if you’d like to be added to our
school-event mailing list, by replying to this email), and
registration for the public day will open in April. We’ll
be releasing more details over the coming months, but for
now do mark the date in your diary – we’d love to welcome
you to site!
We do hope you’ll be able to join us soon!
If you have any questions, please do let us know.
Best wishes,
The Public Engagement Team at RAL
NewburyAstro welcomes everyone to their
monthly Astronomy meetings and monthly Beginners meetings
(£2 adults, free for under 18s) and also to numerous star
gazing and other events. See newburyastro.org.uk for
details.
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