Slides and pics from the UoN AstroNight

Here are the slides from my talk “Astrotourism and Beyond: Kenya’s Equatorial Gateway to the Stars” at the UoN AstroNight yesterday:

Astrotourism and Beyond – Kenya’s Equatorial Gateway to the StarsDownload

And here are some pics from the talk and the skywatching after, from the roof of the physics building. Since it’s in the middle of Nairobi, one can usually only see the Moon and planets well from there.

The screen in the lecture room showing the title slide of my presentation.
Presentation is about to start.
Credit: Mercy
The screen in the lecture room showing the "Space Elevator" slide of my presentation.
Having arrived at my favourite topic.
Credit: Gideon
Group shot of UoN AstroNight attendees; it's unclear because it was too dark.
The darkness setting in after the talk took care of privacy issues and made the faces unrecognisable…
Credit: UoN AstroNight team
A UoN AstroNight attendee looking through my Newtonian telescope.
A UoN AstroNight attendee looking through my Newtonian telescope.
Someone trying to shoot Saturn through my Newtonian with a smartphone.
Someone trying to shoot Saturn through my Newtonian with a smartphone.
Credit: Sam from Society of electrical engineering students
A not-very-clear shot of the Moon through my telescope.
Quick and not very clear pic of the Moon through my telescope.
Shooting at the Moon with a laser.
Shooting at the Moon with a laser.
Credit: Sam from Society of electrical engineering students
A UoN AstroNight attendee looking through a Celestron C8
A UoN AstroNight attendee looking through a Celestron C8.
Credit: Sam from Society of electrical engineering students
Another Newtonian on an EQ mount, UoN AstroNight attendees.
Another Newtonian on an EQ mount, UoN AstroNight attendees.
Credit: Sam from Society of electrical engineering students

I want to thank the whole UoN AstroNight team, I think this is an awesome initiative. It was very well organised. And the sizeable turn out proves that there’s a lot of interest in astronomy and all things space in Kenya. Looking forward to the next one!

So long, clear skies.

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4 Comments

  2. Scotty, shoot me up 🙂
    Loved the slides, and the photos! Too bad couldn’t make it to the talk. Thanks for sharing

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