Astroparty 17.9.2022 – program

NOESIS invites you to the open to the public event Astroparty 2022, which returns again on Saturday, September 17, from 11:00 to 20:00.

The planned activities that will take place, both indoors and outdoors of the facilities, include:

Screening of the classic films:
Wonders of the Universe, in the Planetarium
Hours: 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 16:00, 17:00, 18:00, 19:00
Ticket price 2€. Free entrance invitations are not valid.
Entrance from 5 years old.
Tickets are available at the box office from 11:00.

Everest, at the Cosmotheatre
Hours: 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00, 17:00, 18:00, 19:00
Ticket price 2€. Free entrance invitations are not valid.
Entrance from 5 years old.
Tickets are available at the box office from 11:00.

Technology Museum
For the exhibits of Ancient Greek Technology and Cars the entrance is free.
Only for technoparkko the entrance is free with coupon distribution 60 minutes before the certain entrances.
Entrance hours: 11:30, 12:30, 13:30, 14:30, 15:30, 16:30, 17:30, 18:30, 19:30.

Operation of the connected and genesis temporary exhibitions. Free entrance.

Operation of the Space Infopoint information station.
Free entrance.

Flight of giant kites in the open air. Free entrance.

Educational workshops for children and adults. Free entrance.
Included:

• Laboratory of flying structures
• Hands on activities
• Launches with Peiramaistas
• Creative robotics
• Graphic design laboratory

Physics experiments for everyone. Free entrance.

Science Room Portable Demonstration – Newton Room. Free entrance.

Interactive robotics installations. Free entrance.

Competition/treasure hunt, with a telescope as the prize.

Impressive demonstration experiments in the main lobby. Free entrance.

Competition for the construction and throwing of a shuttle with noesis souvenirs as a prize.

Speeches at the Amphitheater

Why we believe in strange things

Akis Apostolidis, Youtuber – The Skeptic Theory

and

The Hunt for Rationality: Pseudoscience in the Years of the Internet

Stamos Archontis, Youtuber – The Mad Scientist.
Speaking time: 13:30.
The speeches will be followed by the first national screening of the short film “The Skeptic movie”, a co-production of the channel “The Skeptic Theory” and NOESIS.
Free entrance with coupons available from 11:00.

t-10: Ten days until the impact of DART on Dimorphus
Dr. Kleomenis Tsiganis, Ann. Professor of Astronomy, AUTh.
Speaking time: 17:00.
Free entrance with coupons available from 15:00.

Life at the edges of the ice
Dr. Michalis Styllas, Geologist – Mountaineer.
Speaking time: 18:30.
Free entrance with coupons available from 15:00.

Solar telescope demonstration and observation of the sun. From the Association of Friends of Astronomy. Free entrance.

Demonstration of telescopes and observation of the night sky. Free entrance.

Demonstration of a functional copy of the Antikythera Mechanism. From The Frame Project team. Free entrance.

Demonstration of the Icarus spectrograph that has flown with the NASA (US Space Agency) GIII aircraft . Free entrance.

Demonstration of mountaineering expedition equipment at Everest. Free entrance.

Demonstration of a rocket and a UAV.
From the ASAT team of AUTh. Free entrance.

Presentation of the interdisciplinary student research team in Biology.
From the iGEM Thessaloniki team of AUTh. Free entrance.

Student Innovation Zone
Selected projects of students who participated in this year’s Student Conference on Informatics. Free entrance.

Activator
Virtual reality platform that takes us on a journey into the world of Ancient Greece. Free entrance.

Demonstration by a group of radio amateurs. Free entrance.

Street performers in action all day.

Percussion parade and fireworks.

 

Come to “Astroparty 2022”, the great celebration of science for everyone!

Entrance from 11.00.

We are waiting for you!

Supporters (alphabetically, by topic)
Actions
– AgoGreece
– ASAT, AUTh team
– Eduact
– iGEM Thessaloniki, AUTh team
– The North Face
– Robotix Lab
– Physics Partizani
– The Frame Project – Aristides Voulgaris, Christoforos Mouratidis, Andreas Vosinakis
– Art Stamp & Design Tutorials
– Knowledge and Experience
– Student Conference on Informatics 2022
– Association of Friends of Astronomy
– Planetarium of Thessaloniki – D. Tsampouras
– Department of Astrophysics AUTh

Speeches
– Akis Apostolidis, Youtuber – The Sceptic Theory
– Stamos Archontis, Youtuber – The Mad Scientist
– Dr. Michalis Styllas, Geologist, Mountaineer
– Kleomenis Tsiganis, Ann. Professor, AUTh

Health event coverage
Greek Rescuers

Partners
– KIRKO Circus for all
– Kite Parade
– Paranaue
– Planetarium Barestau

Donors
– Noesis Shop (competition prizes: telescope/NOESIS memorabilia)
– Metaxorama promotional items (staff T-shirts)
– SOL Group (oxygen and hydrogen cylinders for experiments)

Media Sponsors