Guided tour of the Copernicus and Schmidt telescopes of Cima Ekar, Asiago-July 27 2018

Visit and historical insights about telescopes of the Observatory of Asiago Cima Ekar

Friday, july 27, 2018, at 14.30 hours, an interesting guided tour organised by theAsiago Astrophysical Observatory will lead you to the discovery of Copernicus and Schmidt telescopes of Cima Ekar (a 15 minutes drive from the Centre of Asiago).

This is a very interesting visit, which will allow children and adults to learn about two of the most powerful tools of Italy: the Copernicus is in fact the largest optical telescope on the national soil.

In addition, the visit will be enriched with a feature article on the history of the two telescopes, by the astronomer and historian of science Matthew Rabbetts of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

INFORMATION

Duration: 45 minutes.

TICKET

Reduced for all: 5 euro

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.

Reservations required. for info and reservations SIT by clicking the buttons below.