Visit Volkssterrenwacht Philippus Lansbergen in Middelburg

KIVI members Charles Tempelman and Jan Maas are volunteer staff at the observatory in Middelburg. They invite you to come and listen and watch a full evening programme with a lecture and a tour of the Lipperhey museum, especially for KIVI members (and possibly their guest). the lecture and tour will be given by other observatory staff. The lecture will be about astronomy in general, with extra attention to some technical aspects regarding observation through telescopes. The museum will discuss the invention of the telescope by Middelburg spectacle maker Hans Lipperhey in 1608 and its impact on astronomy.
If the weather is clear, there will then be an opportunity to look at the moon, planets or stars through a telescope.

Parking is available next to the observatory on P Bodenplaats. Or if this is full, along Herengracht. Please note that parking fees are payable until 20:00h.

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Programme

19:10Door open
19:30Start lecture
20:15 - 20:30Break with coffee or tea (on behalf of KIVI)
20:30 - 21:15Guided tour of museum
21:15 - 22:00Afterglow in the bar (refreshments at own expense) and opportunity to ask questions
or in clear weather outside observing through telescopes