Announcement to the Scientific Community
The operation of the Sardinia Radio Telescope is temporarily halted due to the state of unrest declared by the staff.
The operation of the Sardinia Radio Telescope is temporarily halted due to the state of unrest declared by the staff.
Until April 30, you can register to compete for a spot in the second edition of the summer camp "The Radio of the Cosmos." The school's program is online.
From April 13 to 20, the National Astronomy Week will take place, in which the OAC will also participate with various initiatives, including 2 Astrokids workshops on light. Light is indeed the theme of the Week as well as of 2015, being the International Year of Light.
The spectacular difference between two images of a young, massive star, taken 18 years apart, shows for the first time the evolution of a gas jet emitted by a massive protostar. Two Sardinian astronomers are part of the discovery team.
Appeal to INAF Staff and the Astronomical Community
To clarify the recent events that see the staff of the Astronomical Observatory of Cagliari united against the possibility of a merger with the IRA of Bologna, we provide a summary of the events and the various statements issued.
On Thursday, March 26, the OAC resumes with the workshops of the national INAF project called "Astrokids", for the dissemination of astronomy among children and teenagers. Meet at the Pirri Municipal Library. Participation by reservation.
The first of the two solar eclipses expected in 2015 will occur on the morning of Friday, March 20, about 14 hours before the spring equinox, and will be visible as a partial eclipse even in Sardinia.
Following the meeting with the President and the main governing bodies of INAF, the staff of the Cagliari Astronomical Observatory (OAC) confirms their unwavering opposition to the merger of the OAC with the Institute of Radio Astronomy in Bologna