Bring your class inside a radio astronomy station: the 32-metre antenna, the instruments that listen to the universe and the people who run them every day. Requests from schools are collected exclusively through the dedicated online form.
The visit is guided by the station staff: it starts from how a radio signal from the cosmos is produced and ends with the instruments that, here in Noto, turn it into scientific data.
Standing under the dish inaugurated in 1988: how it is built, how it moves and why such a large mirror is needed to collect extremely faint radio waves.
The journey of the signal along the acquisition chain: receivers, amplification and digital back-ends that record what arrives from the sky.
Researchers, technologists and technicians talk about the observations under way, the international projects and the jobs of radio astronomy.
The tour is adapted to the age of the students and to the school curriculum: you can flag any specific need in the booking form.
The teacher in charge sends the request with the school, the class, the number of participants and the preferred period for the visit.
Open the formOur staff check the availability of the station and get back to the school to agree on the date and time of the tour.
Once the booking is confirmed, the class reaches the radio astronomy station in contrada Renna Bassa, a few kilometres from Noto.
Open the mapThe online form is the channel dedicated to school groups: fill it in to send your request and receive a reply from the radiotelescope staff.
Go to the form
This page covers school group visits only. Tours open to the general public and to families follow a separate calendar: check it on Eventbrite.