Euan MacKie Lecture, Stone Age Sky Watchers Scotland

Submitted by Andy B on Saturday, 15 July 2006 Page Views: 2934

Country: Scotland Steve Owens writes: I am delighted to announce the next lecture in the 2006 ScottishPower Planetarium evening lecture series. On Thursday 27 July 2006 Dr Euan MacKie, archaeologist at Glasgow University's Hunterian Museum, presents his lecture titled "Stone-Age Sky Watchers".

During the lecture, Dr MacKie will unearth the history of stone-age astronomy in Scotland. MacKie’s controversial talk will take place under the stars of Glasgow Science Centre’s ScottishPower planetarium and will address whether there was any sophisticated astronomy happening in Scotland over five thousand years ago. Using the powerful planetarium technology, MacKie will transport you back to 3000BC to view the sky as our ancestors saw it, and to look for alignments of standing stones with the Sun, Moon and stars of antiquity.

Programme Details:
STONE-AGE SKY WATCHERS
ScottishPower Planetarium
Glasgow Science Centre
Thursday 27 July 2006

Doors open at 1845 for a prompt start at 1900
Prices Single ticket: £4.95
Booking essential - please call 0871 540 1000*
*calls cost 5p per minute from BT local landlines

Regards
Steve Owens
Science Education Co-ordinator
Glasgow Science Centre
50 Pacific Quay
Glasgow
G51 1EA
t: 0871 540 1005 ext 252
f: 0871 540 1006
(calls cost 5p per minute from BT land lines)
e: [email protected]
Glasgow Science Centre's ScottishPower Planetarium Evening Lecture programme is sponsored by PPARC, the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (www.pparc.ac.uk)

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