Events

All over Europe, more than 40 Hubble Day events are planned. Thousands of copies of ESA’s DVD will be given away for free and two amazing anniversary images from Hubble are going to be unveiled.

Press meetings

There are press meetings at various sites around Europe:

At ESA/ESTEC in Noordwijk (19 April)
Hamburg Planetarium (with ESA/Hubble) 22 April.
Press meeting in Planetarium Wien
Media event in Centro Multimeios in Portugal
Press meeting 24 April 11:00 at MUSEUM AM SCHÖLERBERG,
Natur und Umwelt - Planetarium
Am Schölerberg 8
D-49082 Osnabrück
Contact: Dr. Andreas Hänel
Tel.: 0541-5600326, Fax: 0541-5600337

This list is being updated at the moment. Please check back soon.

Other Events

A list of the many events is being updated and will appear here shortly. Please double-check the facts with the individual organisations as things may change (!)

	Country	Organization	Where	Date	Description	Links
1	Europe	New Scientist		April 23th	New Scientist, the world's most popular science news weekly, is offering readers the chance to claim one of 40,000 copies of Hubble: 15 Years of Discovery. Details of how to claim will be available in 23 April issue, on sale in newsagents. Alternatively subscribe at www.newscientist.com	Link
2	Austria	Planetarium Wien	Wien	April 24th		Link
3	Austria	ACA Astroclub Auersbach		April 24th
4	Belgium	Brussels Planetarium	Brussels	April 24th
	Belgium	Europlanetarium, Genk	Genk	April 24th	Open from 10h00 until 17h00: Exhibition 15 year Hubble’s Space Telescope 40 images from and by the Hubble Space Telescope Exhibition Paintings “The Universe” by Christa Wawers Film 15 year Hubble on large screen (5,00m x 3,00m) Observations with the Telescope - 11h30, 14h30: Space travel initiation with rocket launching - 16h30: Final Rocket launching - 11h00, 14h00 and 16h00: Planetarium Show “The Spike Codex”, especially for children. - From 10h00 until 17h00: On specific times Planetarium shows (every 20 minutes) "The Starry Sky of tonight". Entrance: FREE	Link
5	Bulgaria	National Polytechnique Museum	Sofia	April 25th	From 17:30 h local time there will be astro-photo-exhibition, a talk from the head of the Department of Astronomy of niversity of Sofia assoc. prof. d-r Valeri Golev, a lot of gifts for the public etc.
6	Bulgaria	House of the Cinema	Sofia	April 28th	Projection of "Hubble - 15 years of Discovery"
7	Bulgaria	Big Hall of the Bulgarian Accdademy of Sciences	Sofia		Projection of "Hubble - 15 years of Discovery"
8	Bulgaria	Public Observatory and Planetarium "Nikolai Kopernik"	Varna	April 26th	Hubble Day
9	Bulgaria	Public Observatory and Planetarium in Gabrovo	Gabrovo	April 25th	Hubble Day
10	Bulgaria	Public Observatory and Planetarium "Djordano Bruno" in Dimitrovgrad	Dimitrovgrad	April 27th	Hubble Day
11	Bulgaria	Public Observatory in Kurdjali	Kurdjali	April 25th	Hubble Day
12	Bulgaria	Public Observatory "Galileo Galilei" in Silistra	Silistra	April 25th	Hubble Day
13	Bulgaria	Astronomical Observatory in Sliven	Sliven	April 26th	Hubble Day
14	Bulgaria	Public Observatory and Planetarium in Smolyan	Smolyan	April 25th	Hubble Day
15	Bulgaria	Public Observatory and Planetarium "Yurii Gagarin" in Stara Zagora	Stara Zagora	April 27th	Hubble Day
16	Bulgaria	Astronomical Observatory in Haskovo	Haskovo	April 27th	Hubble Day
17	Bulgaria	Public Observatory and Planetarium in Yambol	Yambol	April 25th	Hubble Day
18	Bulgaria	Astronomical Observatory in Troyan	Troyan	April 29th	Hubble Day
19	Bulgaria	Astro-club in the village Baykal	Baykal	April 24th	Hubble Day
20	Czech Republic	Public Observatory and Planetarium	Hradec Kralove	April 24th	From 6 p.m. exhibition of HST images, with projection of a short film about HST history.	Link
21	France	Planétarium de bretagne	Antenne du Palais de la découverte, Paris	April 26th	9 pm betacam sp projection on the planétarium (free entrance) 10 pm distribution of the DVD / poster and panel exhibition discovery / special price for the book 11 pm Mysteries of southern skies (planetarium show made with Eso) (free entrance) 12 pm end of the event If good wethear they will be some telescop to discover the sky.	Link
22	France	Terre - Espace - Mer	Saint Julien en Genevoix (France)	April 30th	This event focuses on what satellites brings to us in terms of utility (GPS, communications...) and science. The big anniversary posters will be displayed there and there is a talk about Hubble.
23	France	Rencontres Auriolaises Spatiales	Auriol (France)	July 30th	ESPACE Magazine's Space Event will focus on Hubble (again the posters, a lot of photos and talks).
24	Germany	Nuremberg Planetarium	Nicolaus-Copernicus-Planetarium, Am Plaerrer 41, 90429 Nuernberg	April 24th	Begin at 14:00 with introduction of Hubble. We will have a projection of a slide showing Hubble's primary mirror to scale (= 2,4 m diameter) to give an impression of its true size. The lobby will also have the bulk sizes of HST (4,2 m wide, 16 m long) indicated on the floor so that the visitors see how big it is. We have also made a photo-montage for size comparison with HST standing beside of the planetarium building. 14:20 unveiling of the two new images; short explanation on Eagle nebula and M 51 (local media will be invited, so that earliest publication of the images will be Monday, 25 April). 14:30 presentation of the DVD film "Hubble - 15 Years of Discovery" (German language version) in the planetarium dome.	Link
25	Germany	Augsburg-Planetarium	Sparkassen-Planetarium Augsburg Besuchereingang Ludwigstr. 2 (Ludwigpassagen) D - 86152 Augsburg	Friday, April 22, 19.30 MESZ Saturday, April 23, 18.00 MESZ Saturday, April 30, 18.00 MESZ Sunday, May 1, 18.00 MESZ	Live moderated in the Dome of the Sparkassen-Planetarium Augsburg, with Videos, Allskies, a lot of Slides (Crossfades), and, last but not least, a look on the Bavarian Sky.	Link
26	Germany	Planetarium Hamburg	Planetarium Hamburg Hindenburgstr.1b D-22303 Hamburg	April 24th	Premiere der Planetariumsshow "Faszination Weltall - Hubble´s große Reise durch Raum und Zeit" Vorführungen um 13.30, 15.00, 16.00, 17.00, 18.00 Uhr
27	Germany	Museum Am Schölerberg, Natur und Umwelt - Planetarium		April 24th
28	Germany	Bismarckschule Hannover	Hannover	April 24th
29	Germany	Olaf Kretzer Schul- und Volkssternwarte Suhl		April 24th
30	Germany	Foerderkreis Planetarium Goettingen		April 24th
31	Germany	MUSEUM AM SCHÖLERBERG Natur und Umwelt - Planetarium	Am Schölerberg 8 D-49082 Osnabrück	April 24th	At 11.30 we will present the large format pictures and the DVD to the public with a talk I will give about the HST in the museum. At 11.00 we will give a press conference for the local media.
32	Germany	Zeiss Planetarium Bochum		April 24th
33	Greece	Eleftherotypia		April 24th
34	Hungary	Planetarium of Kecskemét		April 24th
35	Italy	Citta' della Scienza	Città della Scienza via Coroglio 104, 80124 Napoli	April 24th from 10 to 19	"Planetarium shows (based on Hubble images and discoveries); ESA's DVD film continously projected on the Science Centre entrance mega-screen; activities based on Hubble images: for children ""What does it look like?""; for general public ""Splendour from Space""."	Link
36	Poland	Planetarium Torun´		April 25th	Two meetings in planetarium dedicated to HST (*), and an exhibition about HST in the planetarium hall on Monday evening, 25 April	Link
37	Poland	Olsztyn´skie Planetarium I Obserwatorium Astronomiczne	lsztynskie Planetarium i Obserwatorium Astronomiczne Al. Pilsudskiego 38, 10-450 Olsztyn tel: (89) 533-49-51, fax: (89) 533-49-84 l	April 24th	Hubble Anniversary Day in Olsztynian Planetarium and Astronomical Observatory. 1. The opening of the exhibition „Hubble is observing” 2. The lecture “Hubble – the history of mission”. 3. The première of the movie “Hubble 15 years of discovery”. At the end of Anniversary Day, in the case of cloudless weather, the show of evening sky in the Astronomical Observatory.
38	Portugal	Fundação Navegar / Centro Multimeios de Espinho	Avenida 24, nº 800 4500-202 Espinho	22-23 April	22th April 11:00: Opening of the photographic exhibition: Hubble Images 11:30 : Public talk: Telescópio Espacial Hubble: 15 anos de Descoberta 16:00: Premiere Planetarium Show: Telescópio Espacial Hubble: 15 anos de Descoberta 23th April Description: 16:00 : Public talk: Telescópio Espacial Hubble: 15 anos de Descoberta 16:30: Planetarium Show: Telescópio Espacial Hubble: 15 anos de Descoberta 23th April 16:00 : Public talk: Telescópio Espacial Hubble: 15 anos de Descoberta 16:30: Planetarium Show: Telescópio Espacial Hubble: 15 anos de Descoberta
39	Portugal	Centro Multimeios de Espinho and FNAC	Porto: FNAC NORTESHOPPING –Norteshopping Centre	16.04-06.05	Hubble Images: Photographic exhibition
40	Portugal	Centro Multimeios de Espinho and FNAC	Lisbon: FNAC COLOMBO – Colombo Shopping Centre	16.04-30.05	Hubble Images: Photographic exhibition
41	Portugal	Centro Multimeios de Espinho and FNAC	Lisbon: FNAC COLOMBO – Colombo Shopping Centre	30th April	Public talk: Telescópio Espacial Hubble: 15 anos de Descoberta
42	Portugal	Centro Multimeios de Espinho and FNAC	Gaia: FNAC GAIA – Gaiashopping Centre	29th April	Public talk: Telescópio Espacial Hubble: 15 anos de Descoberta
43	Slovak Replublic	Planetarium and Observatory, Centrum volneho casu (in english: Centrum of free time), Popradska 86, Kosice, Slovak republic.	Popradska 86, Kosice,	April 23-24, 2005	This "Weekend with HST" we will organize together with our cooperate organisation Department of theoretic physics and astrophysics, Faculty of Sciences, P. J. Safarik University, Kosice, Slovak republic. The program of this event will consist from special "Hubble 15th Aniversary" lecture; projection of Hubble Anniversary DVD; projection of show in planetarium; revelation of Hubble anniversary posters in planetarium and on display from then on; exhibition of pannels with pictures from HST (from press releases) and observations of night sky.
44	Spain	Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos	La Laguna, Tenerife	April 22th and 24th	Friday 22nd: 12:00 press conference about the Hubble annivrsary, annoucing that the pictures will be shown on the 24th, and premiere for the press of the Hubble Anniversary Planetrium Show. Sunday 24th: Hubble anniversary posters will be "revealed" in the Museum and on display from then on.
45	Spain	Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias - L'Hemisferic	Valencia	April 25th	On April 25th, the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, will offer public events to celebrate the 15th HST anniversary. These events will take place in l'Hemisferic and will include projections of pieces of the ESA's DVD, discussion with local astronomers, and projection of planetarium shows.
46	Spain	Planetario de Pamplona	Pamplona	April 24th	Special presentation that will include the projection of documentary. The exhibition consists of 18 different pannels with pictures from HST and a video-area with the continuous projection of the Hubble DVD
47	Sweden	Framtidsmuseet		April 24th
48	Sweden	Cosmonova, Swedish Museum of Natural History	Stockholm	April 24th	-- Special FREE showings of a portion of the video, "Hubble - 15 Years of Discovery" (with Swedish text) in the Museum's Film Theater at 12.00, 13.00, 14.00, 15.00 and 16.00... -- Two showings of the Imax space film, "Destiny in Space" featuring the launch and first repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope in Cosmonova at 11.00 and 15.00. Tickets (Adults 75:- SEK, children 5-18 50:- SEK) for this Imax film can be booked at the ordinary number (+46 8 562 600 30) or via the Internet at www.nrm.se/cosmonova... -- Display of the two specially prepared anniversary pictures... -- FREE giveaway copies of the DVD, "Hubble - 15 Years of Discovery," at both the Cosmonova and Film Theater events (as long as the supply lasts)...
49	The Netherlands	Planetron Cinedome		April 24th	We will show the dvd in our theater at 10.30, 17.30 and 19.30 hrs. After the film, there is a guided tour to observatory (with the largest professional telescope of the netherlands). Here we will emphasize the difference between telescopes on earth and the Hubble space telescope. Finally, of course, every visitor will get the DVD.
50	The Netherlands	Philippus Lansbergen Observatory	Middelburg, Herengracht 52.	April 24th	Hubble Day, 24th april, from 14:30 till 17:00. "première" of Hubble DVD
51	The Netherlands	Zenit/Mat Drummen	Stichting 'De Koepel' Observatory Sonnenborgh Zonnenburg 2 NL 3512 NL Utrecht The Netherlands	April 24th
52	Ukraine	School Astronomical Club	Staffordshire	April 24th
53	United Kingdom	Universe Express Starlab	14 Wygate Meadows Spalding Lincolnshire PE11 1XZ	April 24th
54	United Kingdom	The Newchapel Observatory Science Centre	Newchapel Observatory Science Centre	April 24th	Our unveiling event is at the Newchapel Observatory Science Centre from 10:00 pm until 04:00 pm on the 24th. We will be highlighting the incredible success of Hubble to the public and press with talks and demonstration through the use of photographic material and computer displays.
55	United Kingdom, North Ireland	The Ulster Museum in Belfast	Belfast	April 24th	To mark the 15th anniversary of the HST, Armagh Planetarium has been given the honour of hosting the unveiling of two new Hubble Anniversary images. As our building is currently being refurbished, the event will take place on Sunday 24th April at the Ulster Museum in Belfast.
56	United Kingdom	The South Downs Planetarium & Science Centre		April 24th