Dark Sky — Extinct Natural Resources?
As part of the School Activities Program: “Natural Resources Management”, the amateur astronomer Stratos Koufos was invited to our school and informed a group of students of the 1st and 2nd class about the concept of the dark sky as a natural resource and the necessity of preserving it. During the briefing, Mr. Koufos referred to the effort to integrate the Monolithos region into a global network of dark sky areas. At the same time, he presented photographs of celestial objects (planets, sun, nebulae, galaxies, etc.) shot by him with the telescopes of the Eudemos observatory. Among other things, Mr. Koufos presented basic elements of uranography to the students in order to activate their interest in astronomy and astronomy.
The students found particularly interesting the data presented to them by Mr. Koufos and showed intense enthusiasm for the modern space programs that are underway worldwide. It is worth noting that at the end of the presentation, Mr. Koufos received a special surprise to the students, after presenting them with a particle of meteorite.
