What is VSA anyway?
VSA, or Visnjan School of Astronomy, is a summer workshop of astronomy located in
the Visnjan Observatory, situated in the western part of the Istrian highlands, near the city of Porec, Croatia
. It represents a continuing experiment in an attempt to merge science and the education of young's, without the usual stress and unnecessary
authority exercised in other similar schools. Young people are treated like research colleagues in the scientific process. Created in the Visnjan Observatory, VSA
represents the result of many years' work of its organizers and founders. Thirteen years
till now VSA has been combining scientific work with learning, and throughout the years it has followed many scientific moments (for example, in 1994 VSA followed the
collision of the fragments of Schomaker-Levy 9). Comets and meteor showers are regularly followed.
VISNJAN OBSERVATORY
ul. Istarska 5, HR-52463 Višnjan, Croatia
tel/fax: +385 52 449 212
Contacts: Korado Korlevic
korado@astro.hr
l = 13 43'34"
j = 45 16'39"
h = 246.5m
The M 8, "Laguna" nebula in Sagittarius, 60 second exposure through the Visnjan Observatory telescope. One of the projects is to make
a map of a part of the Milky Way, with the intention to search for variable stars. |
FAQ |
When is it held?
VSA, it is held usualy in the first half of August.
How did a typical day
look like during VSA?
Getting up was around 12:30 -12:45am. Lunch. Then follow
the data reduction from previous night's observation. Lecture in English language starts at 5pm and lasts for hour or 2. Dinner is at 7pm. The preparations for observation start around 8, 8:30 pm andthe observations run
from 9pm till 5:30am. Then all are supposed to go to bed.
REPORTS.
VSA 1996
VSA 1997
VSA 1998
VSA 1999
VSA 2000
VSA 2001
VSA 2002
What equipment
is/will be available?
Newton Ross telescope 410 mm/4.3 C-8/200mm CCD cameras ST-6, AP8
Audio-visual equipment: TV, video, etc. Computers and connection to Internet digital camera, scanners, library .....
How can I participate?
The majority of participants come from the astronomy
"Science fair's", but the workshop is open also for other students 14-18 years old, selected to fill the quote from the application form and "support" letter of one of teachers from the school he/she is attending.
HANDBOOKS
(mainly in Croatian)
ORGANIZERS AND SPONSORS:
Visnjan Observatory
Spaceguard Foundation - Croatia
ICSC - World Laboratory
Region of Istria
CARNet -
Croatian Ministry of Science
Union AAAA - Alpe Adria Amateur Astronomers
Visnjan Elementary School
EDCOM Computers - Porec
You can become
the sponsor in education also!
Is it expensive?
No Sponsors usualy cover the majority of expenses, so the participation fee would be from
500-800 kunas (~79EUR).
Accommodation?
All participants sleep in multi - bed (Spartan?) rooms in a dormitory near the Observatory.
Meals are organized through the "Borgonja" restaurant nearby the dormitory. Somebody thinks their pizza is great.... but it is not often on the
menu :o)
LECTURES
I am one of the most
promising crackpot c- games expert balls breaker around, and seems interesting to me?
It's not for you. The workshop is intended to help the young's that have the science - technology - teaching career in mind
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