Author: Fernando Ballesteros

ISS transit over the Moon

On August 14, the International Space Station (ISS) crossed the lunar disk in a pass visible from our observatory. Planning these sessions is very easy thanks to the Transit Finder website. Just enter your...

AstroPyrenees 3D

The AstroPyrenees festival tours the Pyrenees, holding astronomy sessions in six small villages, from Alt Empordà to the Aran Valley, with the aim of showcasing the Pyrenean night sky. This Wednesday, July 24th, in...

Summer Milky Way

During the summer, the galactic center is the absolute protagonist of our night skies. This is no coincidence; it’s because the combined motions of Earth’s rotation and translation force the nights toward the interior...

Partial sun eclipse in Valencia

Last Saturday, March 29th, a partial solar eclipse was observed, a taste of what the coming years have in store: a series of total and annular eclipses that will be visible from the Iberian...