Art and Astronomy
England (South West)
29. 04. 11
7.00pm
Astronomical objects often appear in paintings or other historical accounts. Such works of art can then be used, by astronomers, to gain a deeper insight into the artists' mind or location.
This talk will discuss two paintings by van Gogh and two more by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch - including his famous painting, "The Scream". Astronomy can place van Gogh on an exact spot ~120 years ago to within about 1 minute!
Astronomers can also date the exact moment that the Roman's invaded Britain and also tell you which "special" star Shakespeare used in his opening lines of Hamlet.
Events Upcoming events
- June 2012
- Armagh Planetarium’s Great Balloon Race (05.06.12)
- Searching for the new worlds - from planets to subatomic particles (09.06.12)
- The James Webb Telescope - Space as a Context for Teaching Science - part 1 (10.06.12 - 12.06.12)
- The National STEM Centre - Annual Primary Mathematics Conference (11.06.12)
- Annual Meeting for Teachers of Physics in Schools & Colleges (14.06.12)
- Media and Writing Space (14.06.12)
- Packing for Mars – Life In Space (19.06.12)
- The National STEM Centre - Annual Secondary Mathematics Conference (21.06.12)
- CPD - Physics for Non Specialists (22.06.12)
- European Space Camp (24.06.12 - 01.07.12)
- Year 10 Careers Event (25.06.12)
- Taster Day - Physics (27.06.12)
- Taster Day - Astrophysics (28.06.12)
- July 2012
- European Space Camp (24.06.12 - 01.07.12)
- Year 10 Careers Event (02.07.12)
- Physics Academy (02.07.12 - 06.07.12)
- CPD - Physics for Specialists (04.07.12)
- ZooTeach (05.07.12)
- CPD - Chemistry (06.07.12)
- Train as a Jedi at Armagh Planetarium (07.07.12 - 08.07.12)
- The ESA summer workshop for teachers 2012 (10.07.12 - 13.07.12)
- CPD - Physics for Non Specialists (11.07.12)
- CPD - Applied and BTEC Science (11.07.12)
- Careers Advisors event (12.07.12)
- Pinhole Camera Workshop (14.07.12 - 15.07.12)
- Space School UK 13-15yrs (29.07.12 - 03.08.12)
- August 2012
- Space School UK 13-15yrs (29.07.12 - 03.08.12)
- Space School UK 16-18yrs (05.08.12 - 12.08.12)
- October 2012
Previous events
- May 2012
- April 2012
- A Night with the Stars (24.04.12)
- Packing for Mars – Life in Space (25.04.12)
- March 2012
- ASE Scotland Annual Conference 2012. (02.03.12 - 03.03.12)
- The Royal Society of Engineering - The 2012 International Lecture and Dinner (05.03.12)
- CPD - Astronomy in the Classroom (07.03.12)
- Titan is Coming to Armagh Planetarium! (10.03.12 - 11.03.12)
- Exploring Mars and the Universe Using Lego (12.03.12)
- Physics Teacher Seminar Series: Condensed Matter Physics (13.03.12)
- Reviewing the Science Curriculum - part of the Westminster Education Forum National Curriculum Seminar Series (13.03.12)
- Liverpool Telescope: a Giant Robotic Eye on the Sky (15.03.12)
- Particle Physics Masterclass (21.03.12)
- CPD - Physics for Specialists (23.03.12)
- CPD - Physics for Non Specialists (27.03.12)
- Exploring Mars Alongside Bridget, the Mars Rover (27.03.12)
- LEGO® Calling All Mars Explorers (29.03.12)
- February 2012
- Faulkes Telescope and National Schools' Observatory training workshop (03.02.12)
- European Astrofest 2012 (10.02.12 - 11.02.12)
- Planning Science in a Creative Curriculum: Space (24.02.12)
- Astronomy workshop for teachers of A-level Physics (24.02.12)
- 'Is There Anyone Out There?' free CPD day for primary teachers (24.02.12)
- Discover the Cosmos Teacher Training Workshop – free teacher training event (29.02.12)
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- Faulkes Telescope and National Schools' Observatory training workshop (04.11.11)
- Cosford (05.11.11 - 06.11.11)
- Dark Sky Discovery Project Regional launch (10.11.11)
- Planning Science in a Creative Curriculum: Space (22.11.11)
- Starmaker: The Philosophy of Olaf Stapledon (23.11.11)
- October 2011
- September 2011
- Artists in Space (01.09.11)
- Pluto: An Enigmatic World' (01.09.11)
- The Mars Rovers (01.09.11)
- The search for the tenth planet (01.09.11)
- British Astronomical Association Autumn Weekend Meeting (02.09.11 - 04.09.11)
- Big Telescopes (02.09.11)
- Exoplanets: The search for New Earths (02.09.11)
- 66th Annual General Meeting of the British Interplanetary Society (03.09.11)
- Weathering Solar Storms (05.09.11)
- Observing Techniques (05.09.11)
- 3D Astronomy (05.09.11)
- University of Keele Observatory Open Night (06.09.11)
- The Peter Hammerton Memorial Lecture: 'Is there life out there?' (06.09.11)
- Moon Study / Mars Missions (06.09.11)
- Unveiling the Sun (06.09.11)
- From the Big Bang to what? A short history of time (07.09.11)
- The first galaxies (08.09.11)
- Apollo 13: The Longest Hour (09.09.11 - 10.09.11)
- The origins of the constellations (09.09.11)
- Hydrogen (09.09.11)
- The cooling Universe and infrared astronomy (09.09.11)
- Lochaber to the Cosmos (09.09.11)
- Galaxies in Massive Clusters (09.09.11)
- Neptune, one orbit on (09.09.11)
- Apollo 13: The Longest Hour (10.09.11)
- Stellar Types (12.09.11)
- Planetary Nebulae with Binary Central Stars (12.09.11)
- August 2011
- Constellations (01.08.11)
- Apollo 15: The Wonder of the Unknown at Hadley Appenine (02.08.11)
- University of Keele Observatory Open Night (02.08.11)
- Supermassive Black Holes (05.08.11)
- University of Keele Observatory Open Afternoon (06.08.11)
- Mercury, A Relative Planet (08.08.11)
- Radio Astronomy (09.08.11)
- Modern Alchemy - Exploding Stars in the Lab (10.08.11)
- Rosetta on the Road (12.08.11)
- The Mars Rovers (16.08.11)
- Engineering Week: Rocket Science (17.08.11)
- The Universe through many eyes (27.08.11)
- July 2011
- Space Academy Science Teacher INSET - KS3 & 4 Biology (01.07.11)
- FREE Space and Astronomy Day (Primary) (01.07.11)
- UK Space Conference (04.07.11 - 05.07.11)
- Space Academy Science Teacher INSET - KS3 & 4 Chemistry (05.07.11)
- ESERO-UK Space Education Day (05.07.11)
- Café Scientifique - Twinkle, twinkle, little star. (06.07.11)
- Space Night (08.07.11)
- Planning Science in a Creative Curriculum: Space (11.07.11)
- Space Academy Science Teacher INSET - KS3 & 4 Physics (13.07.11)
- Astrophysics (13.07.11)
- Space Academy Science Teacher INSET - BTEC and GCSE Applied Science (14.07.11)
- June 2011
- Sir William Herschel (06.06.11)
- Impacts from Comets and Asteroids (06.06.11)
- How did galaxies form? The effect of dark on the light (06.06.11)
- Icy Worlds (06.06.11)
- University of Keele Observatory Open Night (07.06.11)
- When will we make contact? (07.06.11)
- Mars before the Space Age (07.06.11)
- North Staffordshire Astronomical Society (07.06.11)
- Scottish Space School CPD Event for Teachers (15.06.11)
- Exoplanets: The search for planets beyond our solar system (15.06.11)
- Space as a context for teaching science (19.06.11 - 21.06.11)
- Hubble in Orbit: Two Decades and Counting (23.06.11)
- FREE Space and Astronomy Day (Secondary) (30.06.11)
- May 2011
- University of Keele Observatory Open Night (07.05.11)
- The Fates of the Most Massive Stars (09.05.11)
- 'South Pacific Solar Eclipse' and 'Yuri Gagarin' (09.05.11)
- 'Diving for WIMPs: Neutrino Astrophysics and the ANTARES Project (09.05.11)
- Asteroids and NEOs (09.05.11)
- Saturn and its moons (09.05.11)
- Two Amazing Moons (09.05.11)
- Secrets of the Universe: How we discovered the Cosmos (10.05.11)
- Latest results from Cassini & Huygens (10.05.11)
- The Lone Ranger (11.05.11)
- How I wonder what you are - the birth, life and death of stars (11.05.11)
- 'Uranus, Herschel's planet: the history and discovery of Uranus' - the Gerry Lacey Memorial Lecture (12.05.11)
- Exoplanet Detection (12.05.11)
- When planets cross the Sun (12.05.11)
- Variable Stars (13.05.11)
- Solar Sailing (13.05.11)
- 21st Century Telescopes (13.05.11)
- Rediscovering Schiaparelli's Canals (13.05.11)
- University of Keele Observatory Open Night (14.05.11)
- The Campaign for Dark Skies (15.05.11)
- Robert Cormack Bequest Meeting (16.05.11)
- Europa Jupiter System Mission (16.05.11)
- Probing the Core of Andromeda (17.05.11)
- Observatories Around the World (18.05.11)
- Robert Burnham Jnr and the Lowell Observatory (18.05.11)
- "Astronaut training: the Columbus laboratory" by Dr Gail Iles (19.05.11)
- Biggest Questions in Cosmology (19.05.11)
- The Sun (20.05.11)
- April 2011
- Space Academy Science Teacher INSET - KS3 & 4 Physics (05.04.11)
- Mars Rover Challenge - Educator Event (05.04.11)
- YuriGagarin50 (12.04.11)
- Yuri's Night (12.04.11)
- Light and darkness in the accelerating Universe (12.04.11)
- Open Dome Event - Orion Nebula - How could we miss that one? (15.04.11)
- 2011 Space Academy Teachers Conference (16.04.11 - 18.04.11)
- RAS National Astronomy Meeting 2011 (NAM 2011) (17.04.11 - 21.04.11)
- University of Keele Observatory Open Night (19.04.11)
- 'On Top of the World - the 2008 North Pole and Solar Eclipse Expedition' (19.04.11)
- Yuri Gagarin and the Soviet Space Programme (21.04.11)
- University of Keele Observatory Open Night (26.04.11)
- Art and Astronomy (29.04.11)
- March 2011
- "Dark Matter" by Dr Phil James (01.03.11)
- Rocket Launcher Make and Take (02.03.11)
- Space Academy Science Teacher INSET - KS3 & 4 Biology (03.03.11)
- The Big Bang (10.03.11 - 12.03.11)
- Space Academy Science Teacher INSET - KS3 & 4 Chemistry (10.03.11)
- Astrophysics (11.03.11)
- Rocket Launcher Make and Take (16.03.11)
- Open Dome Event - What's that? - Gone in the blink of an eye (24.03.11)
- Eyes on the stars - Space as inspiration (30.03.11)
- "Star Formation: A turbulent tale" by Dr Rene Oudmaijer (31.03.11)
- February 2011
- AstroFest 2011 (04.02.11 - 05.02.11)
- Scared of Science? (07.02.11)
- CubeSat Challenge Workshop (14.02.11)
- Space Academy Science Teacher INSET - BTEC and GCSE Applied Science (17.02.11)
- Open Dome Event - The Dark Arts of Astronomy (28.02.11)
- January 2011
- The Association for Science Education (ASE) Annual Conference 2011 (05.01.11 - 08.01.11)
- Astronaut selection process and training (11.01.11)
- Dragster Racers - Make and Take (20.01.11)
- Free training workshop for the new STAR Centre in Keighley (26.01.11)
- "Weathering solar storms" by Dr Jim Wild (28.01.11)
- December 2010
- "The unknowns of particle physics" by Prof. Mark Lancaster (08.12.10 - 08.11.10)
- KS4 & KS5 Earth and Environmental Science INSET (10.12.10)
- "Exploring the Universe" by Dr Andy Newsam (10.12.10)
- Space Academy Science Teacher INSET - KS3 & 4 Chemistry (14.12.10)
- Space Academy Science Teacher INSET - KS3 & 4 Physics (15.12.10)
- November 2010
- Space Academy Science Teacher INSET - KS3 & 4 Biology (04.11.10)
- Deep Space resources for S1-S3 (06.11.10)
- FREE ESA Herschel Space Observatory INSET Session (09.11.10)
- Association for Science Education West of England Region Meeting: 'Learning Beyond...' (13.11.10)
- Faulkes telescope in the classroom (16.11.10)
- Society for Popular Astronomy (SPA) Regional Meeting (25.11.10)
- Black holes and spin offs (25.11.10)
- LUNCH HOUR LECTURE: Light and Darkness in the Accelerating Universe (25.11.10)
- Fuchs Foundation Schools Event: 'Antarctica - Mars on Earth' (26.11.10)
- The Cosmic Gift of Neutron Stars (29.11.10)
- "The unknowns of particle physics" by Prof. Mark Lancaster (08.12.10 - 08.11.10)
- October 2010
- World Space Week (04.10.10 - 10.10.10)
- Your Universe (15.10.10 - 17.10.10)
- Space Academy Science Teacher INSET - BTEC and GCSE Applied Science (18.10.10)
- September 2010
- STEM Forum Event (27.09.10)
- June 2010
