Celebrating the International Day of Light with Garafía

17/05/2019
On the occasion of the celebration of the International Day of Light, the Cherenkov Telescope Network (CTA) and the IAC held a day of scientific dissemination in the Villa de Garafía, municipality that houses the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (ORM). In the morning, the students of CEIP Santo Domingo visited the ORM facilities and carried out workshops and games on the different types of light emitted by celestial objects and captured by the different telescopes. In the afternoon, in the auditorium of the Casa de la Cultura de Santo Domingo de Garafía, the astrophysicist and outreach and education coordinator of the CTA Observatory, Alba Fernández Barral, gave a public talk entitled "CTA: Not just another telescope". >> More information