Astronomy Events In Venice In the course of The Month of March

March is a specific month for fans of astronomy. Not only is it the moment of one particular of the most symbolic events of the year, the equinox of spring, but also the beginning point of a new observation season, now that temperatures have raised and it is feasible to commit the nights gazing at the stars.

To celebrate this return, the association Astrofili Veneziani has organized a series of activities in the planetary of Venezia Lido, which are not to be missed if you are a lover of the skies and really worth discovering if you are curious to enter this fascinating world.

The cycle started the initially Sunday of this month with the conference “The Orientation of Medieval Churches in Venice and the Veneto Area”, held by the archeologist and writer Eva Spinazze. In the same way that in lots of religions the dawn of the sun is a reference point, in the Christian religion it is the symbol of light, the naissance of the sun getting the representation of Christ and his Resurrection. Astronomy is the cause why a significant quantity of churches constructed or restructured through the Middle Age have their apses hunting East.

Sunday March 20th, what ever the climate forecast, will be in honor of the spring equinox, the point reached every single year when the day lasts the very same as the evening because the sun is perpendicular to the Equator and the line of separation amongst the lightened zone of Earth and that on the dark goes by way of the poles. Such occasion has not left civilizations indifferent all through the centuries and has in fact come to be a special occasion for lots of of them. In the catholic church it determines the date of Easter (the initially Sunday following the first complete moon posterior to the spring equinox), it indicators the beginning of a new year in the Iranian calendar, Mother’s day in many Arabic nations and national holidays in places like Japan, Egypt and India.

In the previous the association developed in 1976 has had other fascinating inaugural meetings like that of last year, devoted to discovering and discussing the many and diverse representation of the sky created by distinctive cultures throughout the history of human mankind. “Star Charts to observe the Sky: from the first representations to the modern Star Atlases” was the title of this initiative that focused on the contributions made by different civilizations to the nonetheless existing objective of understanding the mysteries of the sky and the universe.

The association Astrofili Veneziani organizes during the year a lot of initiatives with the goal of stimulating the interest for astronomy in the province of Venice, specially functioning collectively with schools and using the planetary as a scenario for its meetings. To this end it also earnings from digital media, with a website where it is probable to exchange opinions on news and existing problems in the field, and where people today can post their photos of astronomic events in Venice like shooting stars, passages from the International Spatial Station, and lunar eclipses.

If you happen to be in Venice during this month of March do not miss the opportunity of visiting the planetarium and of hunting at the sky from the shores of the Laguna. The fairly restricted light pollution should really let you admire clear and spectacular nights devoid of buildings and electric towers disturbing your view.