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21/04/2018 @ 16:30 – 17:30 – Mass and Weight, what is the difference? Saturday afternoon, from 16:30 to 17:30, OLA offers activities for children where the young astronomers learn more about science and astronomy in an entertaining and relaxed way.…
Initiative for those who already do photography and want to start doing landscape astrophotography.
Saturday the 28th of April, the planned activity is the construction of nocturlabes, simple instruments that allow one to know the time by the observation of the Ursa Minoris Constellation (also known as Small Dipper, Small Bear, etc). There are also explored questions such as the Earth rotation, the origin of day and night and the orientation by the North Star.
05/05/2018 – 06/05/2018 @ 16:00 – 0:00 – OLA will celebrate on the next May 5th the second anniversary of the conclusion of the main building and the official start of the observatory activity. On this day we will have…
05/05/2018 @ 21:30 – 22:30 – The history of the Sextant By Nelson Nunes Observatório do Lago Alqueva Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa Several are the nautical instruments that sailors used…
09/05/2018 – 10/05/2018 @ 21:30 – 0:00 – Special Stargazing Session – Jupiter Opposition On this night the biggest planet in the solar system reaches opposition. That means that the planet will be diametrically opposed to the Sun, relative to…
Initiative for those who already do photography and want to start doing landscape astrophotography.
19/05/2018 @ 16:30 – 17:30 – Sundials Construction Saturday afternoon, from 16:30 to 17:30, OLA offers activities for children where the young astronomers learn more about science and astronomy in an entertaining and relaxed manner. On saturday, May 19th, the…
On Saturday June 2nd the planned activity is the construction of portable spectroscopes, where questions such as the nature and composition of light are explored, as well as the information that is possible to extract from the analysis of stellar light.
Saturday, June 9th, the planed activity is the exploration of two very important concepts to our everyday lives, the Mass and the Weight. In order to do so, the young scientists have several experiences available, to explore these concepts.