Objectives
- To contribute to the literacy in Astronomy.
- To bring the public closer to Science.
Reach
The target audience of this activity was the non-specialists.
This activity had an average of 320 attendees per session and more than 4000 annually.
Noites no Observatório was a project of Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA) that started in the late 2009, in the context of the International Year of Astronomy (AIA 2009), and ended in February 2020.
This monthly activity was the product of a restructuring of the public talks that were held at the Observatório Astronómico de Lisboa (OAL) since 1994.
Between November 2015 and February 2020, Noites no Observatório were organised in partnership with the Planetário Calouste Gulbenkian.
Each session was comprised of a public talk, given by an IA researcher, and observations of the night sky with telescopes. The activities were often framed within national and international initiatives, such as the European Researchers Night or the Science and Technology Week.
Share
Scope:
National
Coordination:
João Retrê (Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço)
Partners:
Planetário Calouste Gulbenkian
Support:
Fundação para a Computação Científica Nacional da FCT (FCCN-FCT)
Funding:
Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Planetário Calouste Gulbenkian.
