Young budding astronomers will get first dibs on telescopes pointing towards the heavens at a public stargazing event on Saturday, 27 Sept.
The Cayman Islands Astronomical Society is hosting the two-hour free event at the walking track at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex in George Town, from 6:30pm.
Tiyen Miller, of the society, said, “It’s a chance, with the Cayman Islands Astronomical Society, to look at some amazing stuff in the sky, with kids getting absolute priority over the telescopes.”
The children will get to view Saturn and its rings, as well as “Maui’s Fishhook with the moon skewered on, almost like bait”, he said.
Maui’s Fishhook is the Polynesian name for the Scorpius constellation, or Scorpio.
“It’s interesting to remember that the patterns of stars in the sky are for everybody and that’s there’s more than one way to name the stars or the patterns in the stars,” Miller said.
The event will be cancelled if there is more than 50% cloud cover. Check the Cayman Islands Astronomical Society Facebook page for updates.
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