Looking Up

Looking up - 23 Oct 20


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If you fancy a trip out into the Karoo where you can look through telescopes, visit the Leeuwenboschfontein Observatory. To find out when it's open to the public see https://www.facebook.com/LeeuwenboschfonteinObservatory/. The festival of astronomy to mark the 200 year anniversary of the founding of the Observatory in Cape Town continues. See https://www.saao.ac.za/saao200/ for details. Also see https://www.scifest.org.za/astrophotography-and-astro-art-competition/ for details of the competition mentioned in the podcast. Lastly asteroids! Kechil mentions a Near Earth Object which came close to Earth last week plus the success of NASA's sample return mission to the asteroid Bennu.
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