Amateur Astronomers Meeting and Messier Marathon

10/04/2021 - 11/04/2021 @ 15:00 - 6:00 -

10 Abril. On this night, we set ourselves to observe through the telescope the maximum possible number of galaxies, nebulae and open and globular clusters from the 110 objects belonging to the Messier catalog built by Charles Messier, the french astronomer of the 18th century.

Amateur Astronomers Meeting and Messier Marathon

When

10/04/2021 - 11/04/2021    
15:00 - 6:00

Event Type

The Observatório do Lago Alqueva, together with the Associação Portuguesa de Astrónomos Amadores (APAA), organize an Amateur Astronomers Meeting during the afternoon of the 10th of April.

In this night, with the participation of the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences, takes place OLA’s second Messier Marathon where we set ourselves to observe through the telescope the maximum possible number of galaxies, nebulae and open and globular clusters from the 110 objects belonging to the Messier catalog built by Charles Messier, the french astronomer of the 18th century.

 

To register in the Marathon, please fill in this form.

 

Program

15h00 Boas vindas – Nelson Nunes e Pedro Ré
15h10 Ocultações Digitais na Era GAIA – Rui Gonçalves
15h30 Ações ProAm com ARIEL – Cédric Pereira
15h50 À descoberta de novos Mundos – Sérgio Sousa

16h10 Intervalo

16h30 A construção de um observatório no Alentejo – Carlos Saraiva
16h50 Observatórios no Ribatejo – Pedro Ré
17h10 Plano da Maratona de Messier (docs) – Pedro Ré

21h30 – 6h00 Maratona de Messier

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If you have any questions, please contact the organization at geral @ olagoalqueva.pt

 

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