On the evening of Sunday, December 30th, a science promotion event will be held in the large observatory of Water and Fire Park to observe the planets Mars and Jupiter, and those interested can, in addition to learning about these objects, watch this astronomical phenomenon from a 16-inch telescope post.
In an interview with ISNA, Kazem Kokram, the spokesman of the amateur committee of the Iranian Astronomical Society, said: On Sunday, December 30th, a science promotion event will be held in Mina Dome, and the attendance of astronomy enthusiasts in this event is free and open.
Referring to the details of this promotional event, he said: the sky view of the Mina dome on the evening of Sunday 30 January 1403 coincides with the nights when the planet Mars is in opposition and has the best observational condition for the next two years, a scientific meeting of the series of “Minai Meetings” with the aim Those interested in the Red Planet and other planets of the solar system will get to know each other more in the hall of this complex.
Kokram considered the focus of the second meeting of Minai in January of this year on the observation of the two beautiful planets Mars and Jupiter and continued: This event will start at 18:00 on Sunday, January 30 with a special workshop to learn about the planets Mars and Jupiter and observe them in the inner space of the dome. Mina begins and continues until 20:00.
The spokesperson of the Amateur Committee of the Astronomical Society of Iran assigned the teaching of this workshop to Ali Ebrahimi Saraji, an astronomy instructor and a member of the Board of Directors of the Amateur Committee of the Astronomical Society of Iran and reminded: After the one-hour workshop, the observation of the planets Mars and Jupiter and in case of It is possible to observe the planets Venus and Saturn with a 16-inch Mina dome telescope in the outer area of this complex, and those interested will complete their learning by observing through the telescope’s eyepiece.
According to RCO News Agency, today, Thursday 27th of January, the planet Mars will be in opposition, during which the planet Mars is closer to the earth than any other time, and when a planet is in opposition, immediately after sunset, we see the rising of that planet and in At midnight, the planet is in the middle of the sky, which is the best time to observe it with a telescope.
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