Description
One of the primary goals of NARIT's outreach is to offer hands-on experience in astronomy to the public. Apart from the special astronomical events and specialized camps, the staple part of this program is serviced to the public via our 'NARIT public night' through our observatories for the public every Saturday Night. At Princess Sirindhorn Astropark, we do not only aim to educate and offer stargazing experience to the public, but we also hope to be part of the community. The ‘NARIT public night’ event is to give an opportunity for people to observe a lot of celestial objects through different kinds of telescopes. Moreover, visitors will get knowledge of astronomy by NARIT’s staffs. We explain the basic techniques for observing the night sky. While the main activity remains observe celestial objects through telescopes, various activities are also supplemented to cater to participants of different age groups and backgrounds. Awards and points system is also implemented via smartphone to offer the participants something to look forward to for a revisit. It has been proven that these methods are quite effective at retaining participants and becoming part of the community since the vast majority of visits came from repeating visitors.
