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Special events 1-5 October 2012

  • pink icone Registration: FROM Sunday, 30 September starting at 3 p.m.
  • coctkail icone Sunday, 30 September: from 5.30 Welcome Cocktail
  • Martin Rees icone Monday, 1 October: 9 p.m. Public Conference by Martin Rees
    Title: From the Big Bang to Biospheres. Download the flyer in pdf icone format. Initiative of the Astronomy week (*).
  • pink icone Tuesday 2 October: from 6.30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Visit to the exhibition "X The invisible Universe" - a cultural path among art and astronomy - ex-Chiesa di san Carpoforo (via Marco Formentini 12- Milan). Free entrance. (**)
  • pink icone Wednesday, 3 October - 08:00 p.m.: Social Dinner
  • pink icone Thursday, 4 October: from 4:00 p.m. Poster Session & Cocktail (more information will follow)
  • astronomy week icone (*) During the week from October 1st to October 7th, 2012 INAF and the Astronomical Observatory of Brera, with the partnership of Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia, will promote the Astronomy week. Download the flyer in pdf icone format.
    All initiatives of the Astronomy week can be found here.
  • exhibition icone (**) The exhibition "X The invisible Universe" - to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Brera Astronomical Observatory and the 50th anniversary of the discovery of SCO X-1 - is organized by the Brera Astronomical Observatory, the ASI Science Data Center and the Academy of fine arts of Brera.
    Go to the exhibition Italian Web pages:
    X The invisible Universe
The galaxy cluster Abell 2052. X-ray (Blue); Optical (Orange). Credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/BU/E.Blanton; Optical: ESO/VLT.