Our next public event is the talk by Dr. Kosmas Gazeas on 5 April 2024, at 19:00 at the Physics Department of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

Future Events

Our future public events for the academic semester 2023-2024 can be found here.

Previous Events

Partial Lunar Eclipse - 28 October 2023

On Saturday night in 28 October 2023 we had the chance to observe a rare partial lunar eclipse, which was visible from Greece. The Moon was obscured by only 12% behinf the shadow of Earth and a tiny part of the lunar surface was hidden for about 77 minutes between 22:35 and 23:52. The University of Athens Observatory was open to the public under the supervision of Dr. Kosmas Gazeas from 21:00, in order to observe and record the eclipse. Eclipse contacts:

ATHENS (Obscuration: 12%):
• Entrance at penumbra (start): 21:01 pm
• Entrance at umbra: 22:35 pm
• MAX: 23:15 pm
• Exit from umbra: 23:52 pm
• Exit from penumbra (end): 01:26 am

The eclipse was observed by the more than 200 visitors, while simultaneously with the observation, all phases of the eclipse were recorded. A typical photo of the phenomenon can be seen here:

Special Events during the academic year 2023-2024

Special public events organized during the academic year 2023-2024:

Interactive Exhibition (2023-2024) "Planets In Your Hand"

World Space Week 2023 - 22 October 2023 read more...