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Address:
Complesso Universitario di Porta Romana, Via Roma 56 - Siena.
Opening Hours:
by appointement
Contact:
Alessandro Marchini
marchini@unisi.it
Phone: +39 (0) 577 234677
Additional information:
Services:
Guided tours
Workshop for students
organizing evenings of guided observation of the sky with the naked eye or with a telescope, in places far from city lights.
Links:
Osservatorio Astronomico
University of Siena
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Description:
From the passion for astronomy was born in 2004 the Astronomical Observatory of the University of Siena, at the university complex of Porta Romana, collects the instrumentation and the people in the nineties of the twentieth century founded the first structure in the Chianti region of observational University. Thanks to the invaluable contribution of the Fondazione Monte dei Paschi di Siena, between 2010 and 2012 that instrumentation has been substantially renovated. Currently the Centre is a laboratory where university students, but also those involved in the high school guidance activities, learn about the sky and how to use the tools and the latest technology for remote control of the observations and for the acquisition and the analysis of astronomical images. These skills allow then to conduct small research experiences in the field of variable stars and extrasolar planets
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