This Saturday, watch the falling stars at Loroux-Botterau

This Saturday, come watch the stars in the sky of Loroux-Botterau. © Illustration / Pixabay

Since 1991, starry nights It is managed by teams of volunteer astronomers. They are more than 250 tourist offices, town halls or associations each year to participate in the apparatus.

This year, the city joins the national event La Nuit des Étoiles. Saturday 7 AugustFrom 8pm, the evening will host members of the Astronomy Department of the Society Pluri’L, at Pôle Foot (Zéphir Stadium). To celebrate their 30th anniversary, the Nuits des étoiles 2021, organized byFrench Astronomical Association, suggest all those interested in the sky reconnect with tradition: to watch the falling stars. And he shared the spectacle of comet dust swirling in the starry sky while telling the story of the solar system.

Available equipment

On the program of the evening Lorousaine: conference, observation with astronomical equipment (feel free to bring), photo exhibition in the football center and in the media library, with photos provided by Amateur Astronomy Club Cholet (SLA Astronomy). Virtual reality animation is also on the program for this starry night.

The fun workshops for kids, led by Captain Curieux, of Club des Curieux, are aimed at explaining the creation of the universe, the speed of light, and the creation of a solar system or a planet of their choice. One escape game It is served to children between the ages of 7 and 9 in the universe. The public is invited to come with deckchairs and plaids. It remains to be hoped that, from now on, the sky will be part of the game.

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Meets Saturday 7 August at Pôle Foot, Stade du Zéphyr (free entry).

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Frank Mccarthy

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