Sunset on Tenerife // Michelle Meskill/Celestron
The Starmus Festival in the Canary Islands, held September 22–27, flew past in a flurry. There were so many talks, informal sessions chatting with some of the 800 people in attendance, major lectures by Stephen Hawking and others, and rock and roll from Brian May and Rick Wakeman. What an incredible experience it was.
Astronomy magazine was the exclusive media sponsor of the conference, and we look forward to the next Starmus, perhaps a couple years from now. You should also know that Celestron, the world’s leading telescope company, was there in force and was a Gold Sponsor of the event. Celestron Marketing Manager Michelle Meskill and Product Manager Bryan Cogdell were in attendance and extremely busy chatting with many folks asking questions about the scopes.
I want to share some cool images Michelle sent me of the Starmus experience and encourage you to consider coming next time — it was an event like no other! For all images from this trip, visit the
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