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Catch A Shooting Star

Postby David Entwistle » Sun Oct 18, 2015 7:58 am

Being introduced for Manchester Science Festival, Catch a Shooting Star will become a permanent exhibition at Manchester Museum.

Handle meteorite specimens that have landed on Earth, including samples from Mars, the moon and other bodies from our solar system. Then interact with video and touch-screen displays to learn how these samples are used to investigate a wide range of topics in astronomy and planetary science.

    Thu 22 Oct 2015 10am - 5pm
    Fri 23 Oct 2015 10am - 5pm
    Sat 24 Oct 2015 10am - 5pm
    Sun 25 Oct 2015 10am - 5pm
    Mon 26 Oct 2015 10am - 5pm
    Tue 27 Oct 2015 10am - 5pm
    Wed 28 Oct 2015 10am - 5pm
    Thu 29 Oct 2015 10am - 5pm
    Fri 30 Oct 2015 10am - 5pm
    Sat 31 Oct 2015 10am - 5pm
    Sun 1 Nov 2015 10am - 5pm


The Gateway to Research web site provides the background to the project.

The organizers are:

    Monica Mary Grady (Principal Investigator)
    Richard Greenwood (Co-Investigator)
    Simon Green (Co-Investigator)
    Diane Johnson (Co-Investigator)
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Re: Catch A Shooting Star

Postby David Entwistle » Sun Oct 25, 2015 9:49 pm

Manchester Museum are also hosting The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Solar System on Monday 26th October 2015. So even more reasons to get to Manchester Museum....

Venture into the world of planetary sciences and learn about our Solar System. Hold real pieces of Mars, meteorites, and even the Moon. Make meteorite craters, plan space missions, see how volcanos reshape planets, watch comets being created; and chat with some of the scientists currently working in planetary sciences. Part of Manchester Science Festival. Drop in.
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Re: Catch A Shooting Star

Postby David Entwistle » Fri Dec 11, 2015 8:02 am

Manchester Museum have now provided a video to explain what the meteorite handling exhibit is. The video is here.

Manchester museums new meteorite handling table- David Gelsthorpe

David Gelsthorpe, head of earth science at Manchester museum talking about meteorites and the new handling table that has just opened for the public.
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Re: Catch A Shooting Star

Postby msg-meteorites » Sun Dec 13, 2015 11:00 pm

The display is looking good with some specimens donated by our very own Graham Ensor :-)

Will be even better when the interactive display gets installed in the new year. Maybe we need to do another BIMS group visit :-)

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Re: Catch A Shooting Star

Postby Barwellian » Mon Dec 14, 2015 1:11 pm

Yes beginning to look good...They tell me at the OU there is an associated website in progress too...there is a delay in the installation of the interactive display...the big screen and basic format working and it is at the museum...I think the Museum want to tweak it to fit their "corporate identity" in some way before installation....but some frustrations in how long it is taking.

When it's all done a visit would be good.

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Re: Catch A Shooting Star

Postby David Entwistle » Tue Dec 15, 2015 8:50 pm

Earth and Solar System, the blog of the Isotope Cosmochemistry and Geochemistry Group, at the University of Manchester have added a report on the new exhibit here. Graham, Martin and BIMS all get a mention. Nice one.
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