Thousands of Stargazers Gather in Mexico City
7:11 am By Maegan La Mala · Latin America| World| mexico| science
9 Feb 2009To kick off International Astronomy Day — which marks the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s invention of the telescope – thousands of Mexico City residents gathered this weekend in the city’s main plaza, El Zócalo, to turn their telescopes to the sky and do a little stargazing:
But it wasn’t just Mexico City residents who got in the stargazing spirit. Events took place all over the republic, in city squares in all major Mexican cities. In addition, astronomy buffs also gathered at archeological sites all over the country in an event called “Night of Stars 2009: Our Ancestors’ Skies”, which took place a Boca de Potrerillos, in Nuevo León; Xochicalco in Morelos; Calixtlahuaca in Mexico State; Cholula in Puebla; Dzibichaltún in Yucatán; and Edzná in Campeche.
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1 Response to Thousands of Stargazers Gather in Mexico City
sandina
February 10th, 2009 at 2:39 am
The Grammy’s weren’t the only Noche de Estrellas — folks throughout Mexico came out to stargaze in record numbers. We need more stories like these to counter the image that Mexico is all about drug wars, violence and kidnappings. Art, science, and culture are alive and well south of the border.