{"id":415,"date":"2016-05-29T18:03:08","date_gmt":"2016-05-29T17:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/science\/?p=415"},"modified":"2019-09-17T18:18:56","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T17:18:56","slug":"astronomy-night-at-dwejra-for-the-general-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.josephcaruana.co.uk\/science\/2016\/05\/29\/astronomy-night-at-dwejra-for-the-general-public\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronomy Night at Dwejra for the General Public"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"415\" class=\"elementor elementor-415\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-54bcf1d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"54bcf1d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-753788d\" data-id=\"753788d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-254a622 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"254a622\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Last night we held an astronomy night at Dwejra tower. \u00a0Dwejra is a Dark Sky Heritage Area (DSHA) in Gozo. \u00a0Over 200 people had the opportunity to look through a variety of telescopes to observe various objects, including the three planets Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. \u00a0Many had their first ever look at these planets, and were left in awe at the austere beauty of the night sky.<br \/><br \/>A more in-depth description of the event may be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mt\/newspoint\/news\/features\/2016\/06\/keenparticipationingozoastronomynight\">found here<\/a>. 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