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Title: | Astronomy Festival "Colors of the Universe" | Authors: | ZANELLA, ANITA DI GIACOMO, FEDERICO |
Issue Date: | 2022 | Series: | INAF Technical Reports - Rapporti Tecnici INAF | Report: | 142 | Abstract: | The first edition of the Astronomy Festival, titled “Colors of the Universe”, took place in Castellaro Lagusello, near Mantova (Italy), on June 19 and 20, 2021. Castellaro Lagusello, ranked as one of the “Most beautiful villages in Italy”, for decades hosted a Buskers Festival that attracted thousands of visitors from nearby regions. For the first time Castellaro Lagusello has framed a scientific event. The theme of the Festival has been the electromagnetic spectrum and its use in astronomy. The goals of the Festival are multifold: promoting the dissemination of scientific culture and knowledge by engaging the public, linking the research institutes and universities with schools and the population by means of the so-called peer-education (i.e. PhD students are prepared by INAF researchers to educate high-school students who in turn lead the activities during the Festival, bringing them to the general public), and valuing the beauty of the territory and its historical sites. The Festival has been organized by Comune di Monzambano and INAF (main organizers: A. Zanella and F. Di Giacomo), and had the partnership of the European Southern Observatory and the International Astronomical Union. It included exhibitions, hands-on workshops, wall-map projections, outreach conferences, and observations with telescopes. The Festival reached about 4000 visitors, coming from all over North Italy, and it has received an excellent evaluation from the participants (2.9/3 overall). Given the success of the first edition, we are now organizing a second edition title “Attractive Universe” with gravity as a theme. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/31532 https://doi.org/10.20371/INAF/TechRep/142 |
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