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Paul Curnow & Martin LewickiAdelaide Planetarium
University of South Australia
Abstract: Humankind has been watching the skies for thousands of years. These early sky watchers noticed that not all objects in the night sky moved the same. In fact, a small number of them ‘wandered’ through the heavens. Come on a voyage with popular astronomers Paul Curnow & Martin Lewicki as they take you on a visual journey through the planets. Learn about how to find these planets in the sky, when you can see them in addition to how these planets orbit the Sun and the spacecraft and landers that have visited them. Moreover, learn about the mythology behind their names and their atmospheres and surfaces.
Bios: Paul Curnow [B.ED] has been an astronomy lecturer at the Adelaide Planetarium for the past 30-years and a member of the Field Geology Club of South Australia since 1992. In 2002, he served as a southern sky specialist for visiting U.S. and British astronomers who were in Australia for the total solar eclipse. After three decades of research, he is regarded as one of the world’s leading authorities on Australian Aboriginal night sky knowledge; and in 2004, he worked in conjunction with the Lake Erie Nature and Science Center Planetarium in Ohio, on the creation of a show that features Indigenous Australian stories of the night sky. Moreover, from 2018-2022, he has served as a consultant on Indigenous Astronomy for the Australian Space Agency. In addition, Paul runs several popular courses for the public that focus on the constellations, planetary astronomy, historical astronomy and ethno-astronomy, which primarily deals with how the night sky is seen by non-western cultures. He appeared as the keynote speaker at the inaugural 2010 Lake Tyrrell Star Party in Sea Lake, Victoria and in 2011 was a special guest speaker at the Carter Observatory in Wellington, New Zealand. Since 2012 Paul has taken the role of Lecturer for the ‘Astronomy & the Universe’ course (EDUC2066); and between 2019-2021 for ‘Science’ (EDUC 2030) for the School of Education at the University of South Australia. Moreover, since 2021 he has been a member of the Andy Thomas Space Foundation Education Advisory Committee. Paul appears regularly in the media and has authored over 50 articles on astronomy.
Bios: Martin Lewicki is the serving Light Pollution Officer and River Murray Dark Sky Reserve committee member. Martin began his interest in astronomy as a high school student in 1963. His specialty is the workings of the celestial coordinate systems and how they are used for positional astronomy. He has given talks on astronomy as far away as in the Planetario de Bogota in Colombia. Also, Martin follows developments in astrophysics and optics, and he still uses his home-made 6-inch reflecting telescope, which he made in 1974 to observe the night sky and uses his camera to capture starry skyscapes at night. In addition to being an accomplished astro-photographer, he also a renowned astronomical observations artist. Martin began lecturing sessions at the Planetarium in 2005 and presents most of the planetarium sessions to schools, clubs and community groups and runs several popular short courses at the planetarium. He also conducts astronomy foundation sessions at the planetarium for UniSA Geodesy and Engineering students.
To be held at the Adelaide Planetarium (upstairs), Building P, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus. Mawson Lakes Boulevard, Mawson Lakes SA 5095. *BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL*. Cost $35.00 per person. Contact the Adelaide Planetarium at 8302 3138, or email the planetarium at [email protected] To make general course content enquiries only; contact Paul Curnow at [email protected]
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Adelaide Planetarium, UniSA, Mawson Lakes Campus, Building P, Level 2, University Boulevard, Adelaide, Australia
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