INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari
National Institute of Astrophysics
Astronomical Observatory of Cagliari – National Institute of astrophysics
The INAF (National Institute of Astrophysics) is the public research institution which deals with Astrophysics and Space science. The Astronomical Observatory of Cagliari (OAC) is the research institution of the INAF in Sardinia, which controls the Sardinia Radio Telescope (SRT), a parabolic dish with 64-meter diameter which receives and studies radio signals of cosmic origin, located in Gerrei. The INAF-OAC deals with research in different fields of Astrophysics, ranging from extragalactic radio astronomy to the study of the interstellar medium, from star formation to the study of solid objects. It carries out several educational and didactic activities in schools of every kind, grade and general public, mainly in the province of Cagliari, but also through national and international activities.
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Laboratorio di divulgazione
a cura di Silvia Casu e Gianluigi Deiana
dell’Inaf – Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari