The Star’s Up Festival welcomes young and old alike from Thursday September 21 to Sunday September 24, 2023, for 4 days of lectures, screenings, exhibitions, workshops, night sky observations... at Hangar Y in Meudon (92). This free event aims to make scientific knowledge accessible to all.
Seize the opportunity to exchange ideas with researchers and entrepreneurs specializing in space science, aeronautics and aerospace, as well as artists, authors and designers...
| Full festival program Free admission and activities, with reservation : www.starsupfestival.fr |
Meet our astronomers :
Our scientists take part in conferences and observations of the night sky.
◼ Thursday, September 21 and Friday, September 22, 2023 : NewSpace symposium
Organized in collaboration with Onera Alumni.
- In the presence of Fabienne Casoli, President of Observatoire de Paris - PSL, on Friday morning.
Full symposium program :Registration required : https://my.weezevent.com/colloque-newspace
◼ Friday, September 22, 2023 : inaugural lecture at 8:30 pm
- "Exoplanets in the age of the James Webb Space Telescope"
by Anthony Boccaletti, CNRS research director at Observatoire de Paris - PSL
The lecture will be followed by a time of observation - discovery of the night sky (subject to favorable weather conditions) with the participation of Unistellar and the astro club of the association La Bêta-Pi.
◼ Saturday, September 23, 2023 : microlectures, 2pm to 3pm
Among the festival highlights, a series of three short talks given by our astronomers on the festival’s main science stage, starting at 2pm.
- "Position de la Terre dans la zone habitable : qu’est-ce que l’astronomie nous dit sur les conséquences futures du réchauffement climatique ?"
par François Hammer, astronome de l’Observatoire de Paris - PSL
- "Les mystères de Titan et la mission Dragonfly"
par Sandrine Vinatier, astrophysicienne à l’Observatoire de Paris - PSL
- "Les instruments de Meudon : de la Grande Lunette aux géants du XXIe siècle"
par Miguel Montarges, chercheur post-doc à l’Observatoire de Paris – PSL
◼ Saturday, September 23, 2023 : Rendezvous with the Sky, at 9:30pm
- Starry sky observation
with Paris Observatory - PSL as well as local Astro clubs and UNISTELLAR.