Dinners with stars
In the coming hot months, the Fabra Observatory is holding its astronomical and gastronomic evenings.
Just one letter, G, separates astronomy from gastronomy, and if there is one set of activities that takes advantage of the similarity between the two terms it is Dinners with stars held by the iconic Fabra Observatory, making the most of the meteorological bonanza that is summer. From 7 June to 7 October, the observatory located 400 metres above the hustle and bustle of Barcelona is the venue for the sessions, which include an educational talk, a tour of the museum and several of the facilities, and the chance to observe a few stars through the telescope built in 1904. It is the fourth oldest in the world still in operation.
Most of the talks this year will be given by Joan Anton Català, an astrophysicist, consultant and scientific communicator, who is the principal astronomer at this year's events and will talk about the knowledge we have of the universe. He will be joined in his astronomical talks by other specialists in space sciences. But Dinners with stars is also open to other disciplines and there will be appearances by researchers from other fields, such as the geneticist Pere Puigdomènech, the botanist Ramon Maria Masalles, the robotics expert Carme Torras , the biologist Mercè Durfort and the physicist Ramon Pascual, director of Sinctrotrón ALBA.
This year, as part of the observations through the historic telescope, you will be able to see planets such as Jupiter and the Galilean moons, Saturn with its beautiful dust and ice ring, the craters on the surface of the Moon and Albireo, a binary star (actually made up of two stars) in the Cygnus constellation "just" 385 light years away.
A delicious opportunity to spend time in the open air discovering this facility on the coastal side of Collserola, explore space and enjoy magnificent views of the city at night.
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