Thursday 17/8/2017 at 21:00
Astronomical Events
Thursday, August 17, 2017 theAsiago Observatory is waiting for one of the many summer events: in the locality of Pennar, at 21.00, will host the themed night titled "Exoplanets: hunting for a new Earth".
But what are exoplanets?
An Exoplanet, as you can guess from the name, is an extrasolar planet, which is not part of our system why not orbiting around the Sun.
Their existence was tested in 1995 by the work of Swiss researchers Didier Queloz and Michel Mayor – and later also confirmed the United States Geoff Marcy and Robert Butler – who from the Geneva Observatory discovered gravitate around the star 51 Pegasi, a exstrasolare planet with a mass similar to Jupiter. Since that day, thanks largely to the introduction of increasingly precise and advanced detection systems, sightings of exoplanets have multiplied.
An event open to all ages, to find out what lurks outside our solar system. In case of clear skies, you will observe the sky remotely with Schmidt telescope.
Event duration: 90 mins *
INFO AND RESERVATIONS
* Ticket: €10-reduced: €5 (for children 6-11 years, employees and students UNIPD and OAPD).
For those who will participate in two or more visits, only the first entry will be at full price.
We recommend warm clothing and to have a front panel.
For groups of 10 people it is possible to agree with the astronomer visiting at other times
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