NARIT Public Night
One of the primary goals of NARIT's outreach is to offer hands-on experience in astronomy to the public. Apart from the special astronomical events and specialized camps, the staple part of this program is serviced to the public via our 'NARIT public night' through our many observatories for the public every Saturday Night. We not only aim to educate and offer stargazing experience to the public, but we also hope to be part of the community. The ‘NARIT public night’ event is to give an opportunity for people to observe a lot of sky objects through different kinds of telescope. Moreover Visitors will get a knowledge of astronomy by NARIT’s staff. We explains the basic techniques for observing the night sky. While the main activity remains looking through telescopes, various activities are also supplemented to cater to audience of different age group and background. Awards and points system is also implemented via smartphone to offer the audience something to look forward to for a revisit. It has been proven that these methods are quite effective at retaining the audience and becoming part of the community since the vast majority of visits came from repeating visitors.
Schedule and Locations: Every Saturday night from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM at:
- Princess Sirindhorn AstroPark, Chiang Mai: November to May
- Regional Observatory for the Public, Nakhon Ratchasima : Year-round
- Regional Observatory for the Public, Chachoengsao: Year-round
- Regional Observatory for the Public, Songkhla : January to October
- Regional Observatory for the Public, Khon Kaen : Year-round
Registration: No pre-registration is required.