Explosive inauguration of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 in Stockholm, Sweden
13 January 2009
The IYA2009 Swedish Inauguration will take place in Stockholm, starting on Jan. 15 at 17:00, when the Stockholm Globe Arenas present a dramatic light show projected on the world largest spherical building, namely the Globe in Stockholm. 700 lamps surrounding the Globe theatre are programmed to project a movie sequence on the surface of the building starting with the active Sun in bright red, turning on flares and active regions in white and yellow, and fading to a dark sky with stars and supernova explosions. The sequence, which is repeated, can with some imagination also be seen as the Universe some time after the Big Bang slowly cooling to today's dark night sky. In addition, a high-resolution projector produces an image with text and symbols of the year on the side facing Stockholm City.
Read more: http://ttt.astro.su.se/sas/press/inauguration.html
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