Nočná obloha nad Hradom Devín

The Museum of the City of Bratislava, in cooperation with the Slovak Association of Astronomers, has prepared an observation of the night sky at Devín Castle.

With their interpretation and assistance, visitors will have the opportunity to observe the night sky and aim the telescope at cosmic bodies, for example Jupiter, the Moon, binary stars, as well as deep space objects - galaxies or nebulae.

Timetable:

• 6:30 p.m. – public entrance
• 7:30 p.m. – beginning of the guided tour of the night sky
• 8:00 p.m. – start of observation at the stations
• 10:00 p.m. – scheduled end

For observation, you need to bring your own lamp, flashlight or headlamp with a function red light.

Additional information and recommendations:

• Warm clothing and shoes are recommended. The event will take place in the exterior of Devín Castle, in the winter months and after dark the feeling temperature may be low.
• For the best viewing experience, it is necessary to use exclusively red light during the entire event, which will not disturb the adaptation of the eye to the dark. After illuminating the eye with the white light of a flashlight or mobile phone display, it takes at least 20 minutes for the eyes to adapt to the dark again.
• If the participants do not have a lamp with a red light, they can also wrap an ordinary flashlight with red cellophane, red foil or red cloth.

The event is organized in cooperation with the Slovak Astronomers' Union.

In case of unfavorable due to the meteorological situation, the date is subject to change.