Exhibitions

Mil milions d'ulls per a mil milions d'estrelles

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Catalan printed version available for travelling.

3 possible itineraries:

  • Complete: 22 posters.
  • Technical: focus interest on Gaia's operating mode. 13 plafons.
  • Astronomical: emphasises scientific aspects of the mission and the results deduced of the obtained data. 17 posters.

 

REQUIREMENTS

To host the exhibition you will only be asked to take responsability for its transport and assembly

The exhibition "Mil milions d'ulls per a mil milions d'estrelles" is dedicated to the Gaia mission, designed and built by the European Space Agency to measure the positions, distances and movements of billions of stars.

The design of the content and the format of the exhibition have been made: L. Balaguer, J. M. Carrasco, C. Fabricius, F. Figueras, N. Garralda, C. Jordi, X. Luri, E. Masana, S. Olarte, S. Roca, M. Romero i J. Torra. All of the members of the ancient Department of Astronomy and Meteorology of the University of Barcelona.

Webpage of Gaia by the UB: GaiaUB

Available versions

  • Language
    Catalan
    Observations

    Una sel·lecció de 12 dels pòsters de la versió catalana de l'exposició dedicats als aspectes científics.

    L'exposició es cedeix completa, aquesta sel·lecció només vol ser una suggerència a tenir en compte en el cas de que no sigui possible exhibir-la tota sencera.

    Printed version available
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