No more updates? This is the end of the Galilean Nights LiveBlog, friends.
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Alberto Krone Martins (Brazil, Uni. S. Paulo / Uni. Bordeaux)
Kevin Govender (South Africa, S. A. A. O.)
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Henri Boffin (Belgium, ESO ePOD)
No more updates? This is the end of the Galilean Nights LiveBlog, friends.
You don’t believe me? Read this report, which I have shamelessly copied and pasted, with literally no editing.
Remember the Serbian event? Well Zoran promised an event report, and he’s only gone and delivered! Let’s give it a skim.
This report from a school was e-mailed directly, as CosmicDiary.org is a blocked site on their network. This travesty will not go unanswered! Let’s all sign a petition to get it unblocked. Who’s with me! Anyone? Hello?
Because they’re both short, may as well combine them into a single blog post. Why did I never think of doing this before?
Another event report, this time from Vanda Bianchin, President of the Tuscany Society of Vancouver. But you’ll gather that from the opening paragraph.
Galilean Nights is over! Or so you think. Some events are still taking place, and organisers have sent me reports to write about.
Quick, quick! The clouds are clearing! Cat and I ran legs-a-blur to Jean-Luc’s observing house in Munich. Would you like to see what happened? Bet you do.
The clocks went back an hour last night, which gives me time to write the second part of the Garching Open Day post. Although Pedro, if you’re reading this and comparing it with my timesheet, please be assured that each LiveBlog post really does take 8 – 10 hours and requires at least £50 in expenses. Honest.
RIGHT. It’s time to crack out the camera and do some BLOGGING. Today science centres in the metropolis of Garching (near Munich) are opening their doors to the public. Sounds like the ideal event to run around taking pictures of and then hastily upload them with glib captions, jaaaa?