When he was a child he would consume Astronomy books and look up at the sky contemplating lunar eclipses. Born in Cádiz, nowadays José María Madiedo is one of Spain’s most important astrophysicists, as head of the MIDAS project, with which he has found the biggest and longest flash impact against the moon so far. […]
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Accessible Astronomy to put the universe in the hands of the visually impaired
Enrique Pérez is an astronomer, but he also suffers from an illness which has caused him to progressively lose his sight. He combined these two aspects of his life and created, along with other members of the Andalusia Astrophysics Institute, based in Granada, the project Accessible Astronomy with which he brings this branch of science […]
Eduardo Battaner, passion for research to do high level Astronomy
Granada was one of the cities in which you could find a telescope when Eduardo Battaner finished his career, and his passion for Astronomy lead him to spend a year in an observatory in Sierra Nevada. He was one of the researchers that created the Andalusia Astrophysics Institution and has published fifteen technical disclosure books. […]
Astronomical tourism with a travel agency that combines exposure and leisure
AstroÁndalus is the first travel agency, in Spain, that specialises in astronomical tourism. Its origin is a group of educational character from Martos, in Jaén, which has found a working niche that employs eight people and has taught stargazing to more than three thousand people in its first year.