S E C T I O N S

VSA-Visnjan School of Astronomy

S ³ - Summer School of Science

Ljetni kamp prirodoslovlja

Astro nights

Publications

WLab-VONEOF

S@V - Students at
Visnjan

Newsletter - "Svemir u uionici"

Posters - Posteri

Excursions take place to the places of scientific excellence,  The image is from the exursion to one of most productive comet photometry,  world site, The Crni vrh Observatory.

Overview
Visnjan Observatory runs two types of projects. The first is designed for teachers, and the other one is intended for students. During teaching seminars, we are trying to develop creative ways of learning and improving classroom methodology, as well as broaden teachers' knowledge in advanced science.  The student workshops include astronomy, physics, biology, and chemistry, and we are working on adding more scientific fields. We plan one day to have a real interdisciplinary youth research center at Visnjan. For now, one of the main student events is Visnjan's Summer School of Astronomy.
Here, youngsters, ranging from the elementary school to college, work on challenging projects, side by side with recognized scientists. The relaxed atmosphere encourages communication between the students and the experts, and it results in high-quality results. Some of these results get presented in science competitions and even get published.
  The study of  small bodies of the Solar System is a major research topicat Visnjan. In addition, students get involved in telescope construction, automatization  technology, data analysis, and storage software. All of this develops analytical thinking and sparks one's imagination. We hope this gives a good starting point for science enthusiasts or even future scientists.

  Prije nešto više od stotinjak godina, naš je bard prirodoslovlja, Oton Kučera, zapisao jednu misao, koja je i danas aktualna kao i tada, i to ne samo u astronomiji!

   ..... posveti koju uru pojavama kojima ćeš biti svjedok. Naći ćeš doduše dosta ljudi, koji će te gledati u čudu, sto li nalaziš u tome zabavna, da se udubljuješ u to nebo, jer žalibože danas tisuće i tisuće i obrazovanih ljudi svaki dan gledaju te krasne pojave, a da ih ne vide. Neka ti oni ne budu mjerilom: rdjav odgoj, pretjerana borba za svagdašnji život, možda i niske strasti ugušile su u njima polet srca, koji ne može da shvaća takovih užitaka. Ne dao nam Bog, da ikad, pa ni u dubokoj starosti padnemo na te niske grane!