"KITION Science Café"

Since its establishment in 2008, the KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY organizes monthly FREE of charge "KITION Science Café" meetings.

These meetings are usually scheduled on Wednesday evenings at 19:00 at our premises.

From time to time there are also held FREE online "KITION Science Café" meetings via Zoom, YouTube, Facebook Live or Skype.

The theme for each meeting is carefully chosen and represents the actual state of modern level of knowledge.

Every participant is welcome in a friendly and cosy atmosphere and has opportunity to express his opinion

and share his knowledge on many different important subjects.

"KITION Science Café" holds stunning discussions and debates in the fields of science and culture,

recent discoveries and the mysteries of the unknown.

To attend a "KITION Science Café" meeting at our premises you need to book in advance.

To attend a "KITION Science Café" meeting online, you just need to follow the provided link for the meeting.

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2023 "KITION Science Café" Meetings

31 JANUARY 2023	CYBER SECURITY BY STELIOS TRIKOS (CYBER SECURITY EXPERT)
28 FEBRUARY 2023	KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY - 15 YEARS ANNIVERSARY GEROGE TROULLIAS (DIRECTOR) AND TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS
28 MARCH 2023	GLOBAL ASTRONOMY MONTH APRIL 2023 GEROGE TROULLIAS (CYPRUS NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR AWB AND GAM)
25 APRIL 2023	DEEP SKY IMAGE PROCESSING. FROM STACKING TO FINAL RESULT ARTEM MIRGOROD (UKRAINE)
30 MAY 2023	JUPITER ICY MOONS EXPLORER EKATERINI DEMETRIOU (SPACE SCIENTIST)
27 JUNE 2023	TOPIC TO BE ANNOUNCED SPEAKER TO BE ANNOUNCED
25 JULY 2023	TOPIC TO BE ANNOUNCED SPEAKER TO BE ANNOUNCED
29 AUGUST 2023	TOPIC TO BE ANNOUNCED SPEAKER TO BE ANNOUNCED
26 SEPTEMBER 2023	TOPIC TO BE ANNOUNCED SPEAKER TO BE ANNOUNCED
31 OCTOBER 2023	TOPIC TO BE ANNOUNCED SPEAKER TO BE ANNOUNCED
28 NOVEMBER 2023	TOPIC TO BE ANNOUNCED SPEAKER TO BE ANNOUNCED
19 DECEMBER 2023	TOPIC TO BE ANNOUNCED SPEAKER TO BE ANNOUNCED

2022 "KITION Science Café" Meetings

25 JANUARY 2022	COMETS: FROM DISCOVERY TO PHOTOGRAPHY BY MAROUN HABIB (LEBANON)
22 FEBRUARY 2022	ANTIKYTHERA MECHANISM BY PROF. XENOPHON MOUSSAS (NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS)
29 MARCH 2022	WOMEN AND GIRLS IN SCIENCE BY ELEONORA KAISER
26 APRIL 2022	THE GNOMON AND ITS SOLSTICE SHADOWS: A UNIVERSAL PARADIGM? BY PROF. RAUL PEREZ ENRIQUEZ (MEXICO)
31 MAY 2022	WHAT'S ON THE SKY? BY KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY
30 JUNE 2022	ASTEROID DAY CYPRUS 30 JUNE 2022 BY KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY
26 JULY 2022	SHARP EYE OF THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE BY KATIE DEMETRIOU (SPACE SCIENTIST, KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY)
30 AUGUST 2022	THE OLDEST WORLD TREE BY ALEXANDR PROKOPHIEV (KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY)
27 SEPTEMBER 2022	SPACE AND SUSTAINABILITY: UNITED NATIONS WORLD SPACE WEEK 2022 BY GEORGE TROULLIAS (KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY)
25 OCTOBER 2022	SOLAR ECLIPSE OVER OLD WORLD BY ALEXANDR PROKOPHIEV (KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY)
29 NOVEMBER 2022	LARGE AMATEUR TELESCOPE MAKING BY OLEG KRYKLYA (KRASNOGRAD, UKRAINE)
27 DECEMBER 2022	ASTEROID HIGHLIGHTS 2023 BY SAULO MACHADO (ASTRONOMER, ASTEROID DAY GLOBAL EVENT COORDINATOR, BRAZIL)

2021 "KITION Science Café" Meetings

2016 COSMIC LIGHT REACHES CYPRUS

05 JANUARY 2021	RECENT METEOR SHOWER OBSERVATIONS AND ASTRONOMY NEWS BY THE KITON PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY (CYPRUS) RESEARCH TEAM
19 JANUARY 2021	RETURN OF PEREGRINE BY SPACE SCIENTIST EKATERINI DEMETRIOU
02 FEBRUARY 2021	PHOTOGRAPHING THE COSMOS BY AMATEUR ASTRONOMER CHRIS GEORGE
16 FEBRUARY 2021	EXPLORING THE MOON: FROM EARTH, FROM SPACE AND FROM THE LUNAR SURFACE BY ASTRONOMER WILLIAM JOYCE
02 MARCH 2021	THE FIRST GLOBAL E-COMPETITION ON ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS BY STELIOS SYCALLIDES
16 MARCH 2021	TIME LAPSE PHOTOGRAPHY BY PHOTOGRAPHER AND AMATEUR ASTRONOMER JOHN FOX
30 MARCH 2021	THE BENEFITS OF SPACE EXPLORATION BY GEORGE TROULLIAS (DIRECTOR, KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY)
13 APRIL 2021	YURI GAGARIN - YURI'S NIGHT - WORLD'S COSMONAUTICS DAY BY GEORGE TROULLIAS
27 APRIL 2021	NEW COINS EXHIBITS AT THE KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY SPACE EXHIBITION BY ALEXANDR PROKOFYEV
11 MAY 2021	2021 MARS EXPLORATION BY EKATERINI DEMETRIOU
25 MAY 2021	METEORITES BY TAKIS THEODOSSIOU
08 JUN 2021	THE HISTORY OF ASTEROID DAY BY GEORGE TROULLIAS
22 JUN 2021	PLASTIC POLUTION OVER SPACE AND TIME BY DR IRIS CHARALAMBIDOU
06 JUL 2021	THE SKY IN JULY AND AUGUST 2021 BY ALEXANDR PROKOFYEV
20 JUL 2021	AMATEUR ASTRONOMY AND LIVE INTERACTION BY OLEG KRYKLYA
03 AUG 2021	FROM PLATES TO PIXELS BY JOHN FOX FRAS
17 AUG 2021	METEOR SHOWERS OF SUMMER 2021 BY ALEXANDR PROKOFYEV
31 AUG 2021	ALL SKY CAMERAS AND TRIANGULATING OF METEORS AND NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS BY Prof. DAVID REES FRAS (UK)
28 SEP 2021	WORLD SPACE WEEK 2021 - WOMEN IN SPACE BY GEORGE TROULLIAS (UN WSW NC CYPRUS) AND KATIE DEMETRIOU (SPACE SCIENTIST)
26 OCT 2021	WHAT IS THE DEAL WITH BETELGEUSE? BY Dr STELLA KAFKA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CEO OF THE AAVSO, USA)
30 NOV 2021	ANALOGUE ASTRONAUT TRAINING CENTER AND LUNARES RESEARCH STATION BY ELEONORA KAISER (ASTROPHYSICIST AND ANALOGUE ASTRONAUT)
28 DEC 2021	2021 AND BEYOND BY KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY TEAM AND GUESTS

(2008 - 2020 database is incomplete due to reconstruction of the website)

2016 "KITION Science Café" - COSMIC LIGHT REACHES CYPRUS

10 FEBRUARY	INTERNATIONAL DARWIN DAY – NATURAL SELECTION
9 MARCH	TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE 2016 “ECLIPSES IN CULTURE"
23 MARCH	LUNAR ECLIPSE “ECLIPSES IN CULTURE"
30 MARCH	“MYTHODEA” (GREEK) NASA MISSION: 2001 MARS ODYSSEY SPEAKER: CONSTANTINA TSOKOU, SCHOLAR OF ANCIENT GREEK LITERATURE

APRIL – GLOBAL ASTRONOMY MONTH 2016

6 APRIL	"JUPITER THE KING OF PLANETS"
13 APRIL	“LUNAR EXPLORATIONS”
4 MAY	“UNIVERSE”
11 MAY	“HOW TO OBSERVE UFO”
25 MAY	“MARS COLONIZATION”

2015 "KITION Science Café" INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF LIGHT AND LIGHT-BASED ECHNOLOGIES

21 JANUARY	PRESENTATION - DEBATE “ASTROLOGY VS ASTRONOMY”
18 FEBRUARY	INTERNATIONAL DARWIN DAY – NATURAL SELECTION
25 FEBRUARY	“THE HUMAN EVOLUTION IN THE LAST 8 MILLION YEARS” (GREEK) SPEAKER: IRIS CHARALAMBIDOU, PROF. UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA
4 MARCH	"MARCH’S SPACEWALK"

APRIL – GLOBAL ASTRONOMY MONTH

8 APRIL	"APRIL’S SPACEWALK"
15 APRIL	"GLOBE AT NIGHT"
22 APRIL	“LUNAR EXPLORATIONS”
29 APRIL	“LUNAR EXPLORATIONS”
13 MAY	PRESENTATION - DEBATE “ASTROLOGY VS ASTRONOMY”
27 MAY	PRESENTATION - DEBATE “ASTROLOGY VS ASTRONOMY”
14 OCTOBER	PRESENTATION - DEBATE “ASTROLOGY VS ASTRONOMY”
28 OCTOBER	PRESENTATION - DEBATE “ASTROLOGY VS ASTRONOMY”
18 NOVEMBER	“MARS COLONIZATION”
25 NOVEMBER	PRESENTATION - DEBATE “ASTROLOGY VS ASTRONOMY”
2 DECEMBER	“GEMS OF STARRY SKY”
9 DECEMBER	“ETERNAL LOVE”
23 DECEMBER	“HOW TO OBSERVE UFO”
30 DECEMBER	PRESENTATION - DEBATE “ASTROLOGY VS ASTRONOMY”

2014 "KITION Science Café"

8 JANUARY	LECTURE-DISCUSSION “SPACE RESEARCH ON COINS”
15 JANUARY	LECTURE-DISCUSSION “CATACLYSMS OF 2013”
22 JANUARY	LECTURE-DISCUSSION “UFO”
29 JANUARY	LECTURE-DISCUSSION “DREAMS & UNCONSCIOUSNESS”
19 FEBRUARY	6 YEARS OF "KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY"
26 FEBRUARY	LECTURE - DISCUSSION "BERMUDA TRIANGLE"
19 MARCH	“THE HUMAN EVOLUTION” (GREEK) SPEAKER: IRIS CHARALAMBIDOU, PROF. UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA
26 MARCH	“THE SOUND OF SPACE”
7 MAY	"MYTHODEA" NASA MISSION : 2001 MARS ODYSSEY
28 MAY	“THE HUMAN EVOLUTION IN THE LAST 8 MILLION YEARS” (GREEK) SPEAKER: IRIS CHARALAMBIDOU, PROF. UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA
4 JUNE	"THE ART OF BELLY DANCING"
11 JUNE	"DID THE AMERICANS LAND ON THE MOON?"
9 JULY	"DID THE AMERICANS LAND ON THE MOON?"
16 JULY	"SATURN"
30 JULY	THE 45^TH ANNIVERSARY OF LANDING ON THE MOON
24 SEPTEMBER	ARCHEOASTRONOMY
15 OCTOBER	“COMET C/2013 A1 MEETS MARS”
29 OCTOBER	“NATURAL SELECTION”
12 NOVEMBER	“MOTIONS AND EMOTIONS UNDER THE MOONLIGHT”
19 NOVEMBER	“ROSETTA MISSION MEETS COMET 67P/CHURYUMOV-GERASIMENKO”
26 NOVEMBER	“ROSETTA MISSION MEETS COMET 67P/CHURYUMOV-GERASIMENKO”
3 DECEMBER	“ROSETTA MISSION MEETS COMET 67P/CHURYUMOV-GERASIMENKO”
10 DECEMBER	“GEMINIDS – METEOR SHOWER”
17 DECEMBER	PRESENTATION - DEBATE “ASTROLOGY VS ASTRONOMY”

2013 "KITION Science Café"

10 APRIL	LECTURE “STARPEACE”
22 SEPTEMBER	“SHIELD OF AJAX”
9 OCTOBER	“EXPLORING MARS, DISCOVERING EARTH”
11 DECEMBER	LECTURE “SPACE RESEARCH ON COINS”
18 DECEMBER	LECTURE “COMETS OF THE MONTH”

2012 "KITION Science Café"

15 APRIL

“BEAUTY WITHOUT BORDERS”

2011 "KITION Science Café"

1 MARCH	"HPV DNA TEST" SPEAKER: DR. PAULOS I. NEOFYTOU
12 APRIL	“YURI'S NIGHT” GAGARIN'S FLIGHT - 50 YEARS
14 SEPTEMBER	“SUPERNOVA SN 2011fe IN M101” SPEAKER: DR. GIANLUCA MASI BELLATRIX ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY, ITALY

2009 "KITION Science Café" - INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF ASTRONOMY

27 AUGUST	MARS HOAX
6 OCTOBER	"DIGITAL SIMULATION OF THE NIGHT SKY" SPEAKER: YIANNOS IOANNOU, ASTRONOMER
27 NOVEMBER	LECTURES - DISCUSSIONS “JUPITER AND OUR STELLITE THE MOON"

2008 "KITION Science Café"

11 OCTOBER	COFFEE AND EDUCATIONAL ASTRONOMY LECTURE
14 NOVEMBER	WORLD SPACE WEEK "SPACE FOR EDUCATION"
26 NOVEMBER	COFFEE AND SPACE EDUCATION