Bryce Canyon Astronomy Festival
Friday, June 07, 2024 at 10:00am
Bryce Canyon Astronomy Festival
Various Venue in Bryce
Schedule:
Daytime Activities
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Family Friendly activities in the Visitor Center plaza, including solar telescopes and a special NASA Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope booth.
Evening Program
Star Stories
8:30 p.m. 45 minutes
Planetarium Educator Dr. Amy Sayle takes you on a trip through the constellations and the eternal legends they tell. Help act out one of the greatest star stories ever told.
Dr. Amy Sayle is a longtime planetarium educator, storyteller, coordinator of large public skywatching events, coordinator of North Carolina's annual Statewide Star Party, and member of the Chapel Hill and Raleigh astronomy clubs.
Dear ET: A history and discussion about humanity's attempts to contact ET life
9:00 p.m. 45 minutes
Join Astrobiologist, Julia DeMarines, as we discuss three big questions with BIG implications. What would you say to an alien if given the chance? Should we be sending messages to aliens, exposing our location in the cosmos? Who speaks for Earth? Julia will discuss the history of METI (Messaging ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence) and the ethical issues invoIved in sending these powerful messages out there. If you've watched or read The Three Body Problem, this talk is for you! Audience participation is encouraged!
Julia DeMarines is an Astrobiologist, National Geographic Explorer, a graduate student in UC Berkeley’s Earth and Planetary Science Department, and a researcher with the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science. Her research involves detecting life in the Universe through biosignatures (signs of biology) and technosignatures (signs of technology) and the ethics of sending powerful, intentional messages into space to contact aliens. She holds a Master’s degree in Space Studies from the International Space University and a Bachelor's in Astronomy from the University of Colorado. Outside of academia Julia is a passionate STEM educator with the Ad Astra Academy and science communicator. In 2013 she created Space in Your Face! which aims to communicate complex space concepts in fun and engaging ways because everyone deserves to understand the Universe we belong to.
Stargazing
10:00 p.m. - Midnight
Aditional Parking lot across from Visitor Center
Shuttle hours will be extended for the festival. As parking at the Visitor Center and evening program locations will be limited, we advise parking at the Shuttle Station or boarding from your campground in the park. Shuttles will run until 12:15 a.m.
Free Astrophotography Workshop
9:00 p.m. - 12:30 a.m.
High Plateaus Institute and Bryce Amphitheater area
