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Professor Jacco Van Loon

Festival of People, Planet & Place: Perspective with Keele Observatory 

Followed by celestial viewing at Keele Observatory

Tuesday 21st April 2026, 8pm 
IC6, Denise Coates Foundation Building, Smart Innovation Hub (Lecture Hall G.030)


Astronauts experience an other-worldly feeling when they see Earth from above. Professor Jacco Van Loon, director of Keele Observatory, will share that feeling and provide a sense of our place in the cosmos and on Earth.
 
Following this short talk, you are invited to head up to Keele Observatory to view the night sky from 8:30pm.

FREE. No booking required.

How to find us, where to park?

The Smart Innovation Hub (building 49 on the Keele University campus map). For sat‑navs, please use  ST5 5BG to reach the main campus. Once on campus, follow signage for Car Park A3, which is the nearest car park to the Smart Innovation Hub. From there, the building is just a short walk.

If you are visiting the Observatory (Building 42), there is a convenient car park located behind the IC4 building, which provides easy access to the Observatory. Campus signage will help guide you to both locations, and a full campus parking map is available here:
https://www.keele.ac.uk/about/howtofindus/maps/campus-parking-map.pdf

A general campus building location map is available here:
keele-campus-map-june25.pdf

 


Event date
Event Time
8:00PM
Location
IC6, Denise Coates Building, Smart Innovation Hub (Room G.030) then Keele Observatory.
Organiser
Keele University
Contact email
arts@keele.ac.uk
Contact telephone
01782 734340