Decade 0: Decade 4: 1949-1958 Decade 9: 1999-2008 Introduction Above and - The Origins of the Elements - Mars Rover Asks us three core questions: - Sputnik - Galaxy evolution Beyond: - What is the size and structure - Einstein and pop culture - Reclassification of Pluto of our universe? Location: Armagh County Museum Location: Armagh Planetarium Making Sense of the - How do stars form? Universe for 100 Years - Is there life elsewhere in the universe? Decade 5: 1959-1968 Decade 10: 2009-2018 exhibition 17-31 July 2019 Location: Armagh Planetarium - Pulsars - Gravitational waves This exhibition commemorates the International - Black Holes - Worldwide collaborations Astronomical Union’s centenary by showcasing Decade 1: 1919-1928 - Computerization in Astronomy - Solar System missions some of the most significant and surprising - Total Solar Eclipse Location: Armagh County Museum Location: Armagh Planetarium astronomical breakthroughs that have shaped - Hooker Telescope science, technology and culture over the last century. - The Great Debate - Shapley & Curtis Decade 6: 1969-1978 Decade 11: Finale The exhibition is being showcased in 5 locations around (Shapley was Acting Director at the - What is the size and structure Armagh as part of an international travelling exhibition (some Robinson Library: Armagh Observatory in 1959) - Moon Landing Apollo 11 of our universe? other locations include: Vienna, Munich, Paris and Rome). Location: Armagh Planetarium No 5 Vicars’ Hill: - How do stars form? - Voyager and Viking missions - Is there life elsewhere in Decade 2: 1929-1938 - Understanding the Sun the universe? Poses the same questions from Locations: Armagh Robinson Library - What are Stars? the beginning of the exhibition but and No 5 Vicars’ Hill reinterprets them based on our current - Radioastronomy knowledge and anticipates future - The War of the Worlds research and exploration. The intention Decade 7: 1979-1988 is to show that the past hundred years Location: Armagh Planetarium - no matter how profound, scientifically - Supernova 1987A - is just a snapshot in the endless - Halley’s Comet pursuit of a better understanding of the Decade 3: 1939-1948 Universe and of our role within it. Location: Market Place Theatre - World War II technologies Location: Armagh Planetarium - Dark times, cosmos and culture Decade 8: 1989-1998 - Harvard computers - Women in Science - Exoplanets Location: Armagh County Museum - Hubble Space Telescope - Hubble Deep field panorama Location: Market Place Theatre IAU-Event-Map-2019.indd 1 27/06/2019 15:45 Armagh College Hill, Armagh, BT61 9DB Planetarium www.armagh.space T: 028 3752 3689 Mon-Sat: 10am - 5pm Sun 11.30am - 5pm (Last admission 4pm) Open Sunday 21st July: 10am - 5pm t IAU Decade: Start: 0,1,2 - Finish: 9,10 & ‘Into the Future’ e e r t S The Mall East, Armagh, BT61 9BE Armagh h s i e v l i g r County www.visitarmagh.com/places-to-explore/armagh-county- n D E Armagh n Hill museum/ r e Museum o eg e ll s Planetarium Co w n T: 028 3752 3070 i L o b o L o n R Mon - Fri: 10am - 5.00pm s d a Sat: 10am - 1pm & 2pm - 5pm l e C athedr R Open on Sunday 21st - 12.30pm to 5pm al o Road a d IAU Decade: 3,4,5 U p 43 Abbey Street, Armagh, BT61 7DY p Armagh e Armagh r E Robinson www.armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk n g l T: 028 3752 3142 i Library s h et e S tr s t S en Mon - Fri: 10am - 1pm & 2pm - 4pm r e Gard e g emont e le l t l ar Open Saturday 20th July: 10am - 4pm o h C C Armagh County IAU Decade: 6 et tre Museum S (Split between Robinson Library + No. 5 Vicars’ Hill) eet ia Str r ll The Mall o Armagh Market sse t 5 Vicars’ Hill, Armagh, BT61 7ED Ru No.ic 5 Robinson Place V T h Vicars’ www.armaghrobinsonlibrary.co.uk Library Theatre e M T: 028 3751 1420 a Hill l l E a Tues - Sat: 10am - 1pm & 2pm - 4pm s No. 5 t ill IAU Decade: 6 Vicars’ ck H rra (Split between Robinson Library + No. 5 Vicars’ Hill) Hill Ba Market Place 9 Market St, Armagh BT61 7BW G Sc e Theatre www.marketplacearmagh.com otc o h S r tre g T: 028 3752 1821 et e s S t r Mon - Sat: 9.30am - 5.00pm e e t Late night opening Thurs - Sat until 11.00pm (Please check website for show times) Additional late night opening Fri and Sat nights until 1.00am N (Show Nights only) ew r y R IAU Decade: 7 & 8 o a d IAU-Event-Map-2019.indd 2 27/06/2019 15:45.