"Școala Altfel" and "Researchers' Night 2023"

The beginning of the new school year brought energetic school-age visitors back to the scientific park of the Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy in Bucharest. The guided tours through the Institute's museum halls and under the shadow of the domes of Romanian astronomy were met with widespread appreciation from both our young visitors and their accompanying teachers, due to the uniqueness and spectacular nature of our cultural heritage. Both the former scientific research halls, now frozen in time to preserve their memory as national cultural spaces, and the current active scientific areas of the Institute, provided an ideal non-formal and multidisciplinary educational space, serving as the stage for numerous questions, answers, revelations, and exclamations, all strung together in a true perpetual motion.

Continuing its educational activities and promoting its cultural offerings, the Astronomical Institute participated with its own stand at the "Researchers' Night" event, held on September 29-30 this year. On this occasion, the Institute brought two telescopes and a telescope, allowing the public to observe the Sun through a professional filter, highlighting details on its surface, and after sunset, the Moon and the planets Saturn and Jupiter. Using a powerful binocular magnifier, visitors at our stand could closely examine fragments of meteorites recovered from three continents – Europe, Africa, and South America. At this edition of the "Researchers' Night," the Astronomical Institute also showcased a display of models in the aerospace and civil sectors, providing an opportunity to illustrate and discuss with hundreds of visitors the transfer of cutting-edge technologies from space exploration to the everyday lives of the general public.

Published on: Oct 09, 2023