We all look to the night sky. Our culture or location makes no difference. Do our stories about the night sky differ? Let’s learn the answer at a film screening of One Sky at Towson Planetarium. This documentary is an international collaboration designed to increase our understanding of cultural and Indigenous astronomy, its historical and modern applications, and how our One Sky connects us all.
One Sky is a collection of short films focusing on Indigenous cultures in Greece, India, Northern Canada, Japan, the Pacific Islands, and the Navajo people in the US. Each chapter is presented in an original style, featuring the work of international artists. Each film stands alone as a short story or in combination as a longer narrative.
Planetarium Director Christian Ready will moderate the screening and also lead us outside for a telescope observation after the show using their 16-inch diameter Ritchey-Chrétien telescope and other portable telescopes, if the weather permits. The Towson Planetarium is an all-digital system, newly built in 2021, and features a 24-foot diameter dome, 4K-by-4K ultra-high-definition image, and a quadrophonic sound system.
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Professor Ready fell in love with outer space at a young age. His desire to become an astronomer was fueled by watching reruns of the classic television show, Star Trek. He works as the planetarium director and lectures in Towson Univeristy’s Department of Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences. A video about Prof. Ready can be viewed here: https://vimeo.com/779700944.
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