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CESAR project acknowledged by C. Caude
CESAR project acknowledged by C. Caude See more
26
July
2021
International Space University visit
Virtual tour in ESAC (European Space Astronomy Centre) See more
22
July
2021
Chat with a female astronomer
On the 18th of February, CESAR is going to join the 11F initiative See more
17
February
2021
New Virtual Tour about ESAC, CESAR and important missions
The CESAR team has been working on a virtual tour through CESAR and ESAC facilities. See more
25
January
2021
On-line Space Science Experiences
Here they are the CESAR on-line Space Science Experiences!! See more
11
January
2021
New CESAR traineeship opportunities — 2021
If you are in the final year or have recently graduated from an STEM career, CESAR is waiting for you! Apply before December 10th. See more
22
November
2020
New multimedia section in CESAR webpage
In this section, named CESAR TALKS, we will be periodically posting 1-hour long talks from experts in space science. See more
18
November
2020
New location for CESAR optical telescopes
Their new location in the European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) close to CESAR headquarters, will facilitate updates and repairs, improving quality and observing time. See more
03
November
2020
A Journey To Space Exploration Missions: GTTP 2020 is over
The online course, that has taken place in the third week of October, counted with the assistance of ESAs Director of Science and head of ESAC Günther Hasinger. See more
28
October
2020
AEACIs first full online edition is over!
VI edition of the teachers training course Astronomy Adventure in the Canary Islands, hosted by IAC, was carried online with a total success. See more
06
August
2020
Teachers Training 2019/2020
With the end of the 2019/2020 season, we offer you a little recap of what we have done this year. See more
13
July
2020
Space Science Experience 2019/2020 Resume
As we get deeper into summer, we look back to what we have done this season, giving you a little hint of what we will bring you for the next term! See more
10
July
2020
Educational Excursions Resume 2019/2020
CESAR accepts visit proposals for an educational excursion in ESAC See more
02
July
2020
ESA – GTTP 2020 – A Journey to Space Exploration Missions
October 18th to October 23rd 2020 | Madrid, Spain (European Space Astronomy Centre) (Online due to COVID-19) See more
31
March
2020
Sun daily videos - CESAR Helios observatory
The Sun daily observation videos. Tell us if you see some events in the videos! See more
23
March
2020
New Archive Viewer tool
Cesar Archive Viewer is a web tool for browsing the data obtained in the educational projet Cesar. See more
02
March
2020
The CESAR Team engaged with the 11F initiative: Woman and Girl in Science
During the Woman and Girl in Science week, the CESAR Team participated in a workshop held by MediaLab as well as in 5 videocalls withs schools in Madrid.. See more
14
February
2020
Happy 2020!
The first image of the 2020 Sun surprises us with a small sunspot See more
02
January
2020
New software on Cesar 2019-2020 | Workshop room
New internet connection and new software for the Space Science Experience and the teachers training workshops See more
27
December
2019
CHEOPS launch
We experienced CHEOPS live launch on 18 December 2019, with around 100 enthusiastic students.

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18
December
2019
CESAR at the ESA Space Science Workshop SSW#12, Aranjuez
CESAR will present the Solar Eclipse results in the ESA Space Science Workshop SSW#12, held 12-14 Nov 2019 in Aranjuez. CESAR has prepared a series of 4 posters. The posters describe the activities carried out during the Total Solar Eclipse 2019. See more
12
November
2019
CESAR inspirational visit
The CESAR team gave a motivational speech to the students of 1-2 ESO, in the Caude school, Majadahonda. See more
07
November
2019
The CESAR Team in Science on Stage (2019)
From 31rst of October to the 3rd of November, the CESAR Team participated on Science on Stage, in Cascais (Portugal). See more
03
November
2019
SSE 2018-2019 Awards Ceremony
On the 30th October, the CESAR Team celebrated the SSE 2018-2019 Awards Ceremony. The prize was obtained for the grade 2 students of the CEU San Pablo Monteprincipe school, for having delivered the most interesting and original research project to the Space-Science Experience Awards during the scholar year (2018-2019). See more
30
October
2019
European Space Agency: Studying the universe
Last October 24th CESAR participated by videoconference in a STEAM training course held in Buenos aires planetarium (Argentina) See more
25
October
2019
Controlling the ExoMars Rover via Radio
The 19th of October 2019 we open our working site (ESAC) in the ESA Open Day, ESA open the doors of the ESAC center to all people interested in the technologies developed by ESA See more
21
October
2019
2019 ESA Open Day in ESAC was a blast!
ESAs Astronomy Centre in Madrid (ESAC) opened its doors once again with several space-related activities intended for all ages.

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20
October
2019
New 2020 Traineeship opportunities at CESAR
Application deadline will be 10th November 2019. Traineeships last up to a maximum of 6 months See more
10
October
2019
A timelapse of the Total Solar Eclipse 2019
Total Eclipse video from the CESAR team. Images acquired every 15sec with a Baader white light filter and a 1m telescope. Camera Canon 550D. Location: ESO La Silla observatory See more
15
September
2019
Electrónica en el Space Summer Camp ESA (es)
Taller de electrónica, robótica, impresión 3D y de gestión de tu propia empresa sobre espacio See more
15
August
2019
ESA Lunar Nights: Apollo documentaries
This previous month we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Apollo XI lunar landing with a series of screenings in ESAs facilities. See more
01
August
2019
ESAC Star Party 2019
On Saturday the 22nd ESAC wittnessed another edition of ESAC Star Party, organized by CESAR and ESAC Astronomy Club See more
23
June
2019
CESAR aired live on TVE-24H
On 23 May 2019, the TVE-24H Spanish channel (La Barra - Astro24h) aired live an interview with the CESAR coordinator, MIchel Breitfellner. The CESAR initiative was presented, as part of ESA Education programs. See more
23
May
2019
Presentation of CESAR in Expoastronómica 2019
Another year supporting the astronomy fair with our stand, showing the new scientific cases, the new program of the course for teachers, the program for 4ºESO + Empresa, etc. See more
11
March
2019
CESAR at EPSC 2018
CESAR presenter its activities and Mercury Transits at the European Planetary Science Conference EPSC 2018, held 17-21 Sep 2017 in Berlin, Germany. See more
20
September
2018
Space Summer School 2018 (es)
Un año más CESAR protagoniza y participa, cediendo su espacio para las actividades del campamento espacial en las instalaciones de ESAC See more
30
July
2018
Viaje sensorial con la Fundación ANDE (es)
Proyecto educativo CESAR acercando el conocimiento del Universo a personas con distintas discapacidades intelectuales. See more
30
May
2018
Eratosthenes Experiment 2018
The CESAR team organized a special experimental activity about the classical Earth’s diameter calculation, with the Caude School of Majadahonda, Madrid and IES Manuel de Falla, Maracena, Granada. The 1-2 ESO students (12-14 years old) learnt how in 200 BC, the Greek mathematician Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the Earth using simple geometry and a few measurements. See more
21
March
2018
Diamond ring
A diamond ring for San Valentine See more
12
February
2018
The Sun in 2017
The Sun in 2017 as seen by the CESAR Helios Observatory located at ESAC, Madrid. The posters compile in a calendar form a sample of the images acquired during each day in 2017. Other highlights of 2017 are also shown. See more
11
January
2018
ESAC CubeSat Ground Station Presentation
Firsts advances on the new ESAC CubeSat ground station See more
24
November
2017
Japanese School special visit
Special talk about JAXA and ESA collaboration, international collaboration in the ISS and next Solar System missions. Also, we present a video recorded by Lectures team, in Japan on September talking about robots, Kibo and Bepicolombo. See more
16
November
2017
Solar Eclipse Expedition during the ESA Space Science Workshop
CESAR was present on the ESA Science Workshop SSW#10, held 13-15 Nov 2017 in Aranjuez. CESAR displayed a series of 5 posters, plus one more in collaboration with Proba-3 team. See more
15
November
2017
Herschel VR Experience
CESAR Team developing new software experiences for Virtual Reality glasses with the ESA real all sky maps data, in a collaboration with the ESDC. Looking forward for next application in education. See more
08
November
2017
CESAR at the European Planetary Science Conference EPSC: transits in our Solar System
The CESAR team presented at the European Space Science Conference a paper related to their educational activities Transits in our Solar System for educational activities: Venus Transit 2012, Mercury Transit 2016 and Total Solar Eclipse 2017 See more
21
September
2017
Space Summer School 2017
Space School with Astronaut Lili at the European Space Astronomy Centre. See more
28
July
2017
CPESS-5 Meeting
Es la 5ª edición de la Reunión de Ciencias Planetarias y Exploración del Sistema Solar See more
09
June
2017
Masters degree visit from Cremades & Calvo Sotelo
On Thursday 27 April 2017, the students of the Masters Cremades & Calvo Sotelo in Business, Telecommunications, Internet and Audiovisual law visited ESAC. See more
27
April
2017
CESAR con los colegios de Santa Marta, Colombia
Un evento especial para acercar ESA y el proyecto educativo CESAR a los colegios de la region de Santa MArta, Colombia. See more
19
April
2017
Álvaro: The dream to be an astronaut
We had an special visit in ESAC. Álvaro came to meet spanish former astronaut Pedro Duque. See more
24
March
2017
A different Solar System journey
Presentation of a sensory journey through the Solar System in the little kids space science programme See more
21
February
2017
Auroras in Kiruna
On 30 and 31 January 2017 the MEX and CESAR teams observed and recorded an auroral burst over Kiruna, Sweden. See more
14
February
2017
IES Miguel de Cervantes school received at ESAC by an astronomer
26 students from Ciudad Real came with their teachers to ESAC to learn more about Space and ESA. See more
08
February
2017
Global Robot Expo 2017
CESAR Team visit the International Exhibition of Robotics to see the last technologies for education See more
04
February
2017
Lets go to Mars educational space game
In close collaboration with ESAs Mars Express and ExoMars missions and funded by the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology See more
02
February
2017
New CESAR website open to the teachers
We open officially cesar.esa.int, you can enter into the website to see all the educational programs and registration options. See more
01
February
2017
CESAR in the Peace and Cooperation Awards ceremony, Looking at the stars
During the International School Day for the Non-Violence and Peace See more
31
January
2017
ISS by Moonlight in different Europe media
The CESAR team observation about ISS crossing in front of the Moon in important media around Europe See more
26
January
2017
Visita de los estudiantes del Taller de Astronomia de la URJC para mayores (es)
Un grupo de 60 estudiantes de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos para mayores vinieron a conoce ESAC See more
21
November
2016
Installing a Cubesat control from ESAC
To receive and send data to the little satellites with an educational and professional view See more
16
November
2016
CESAR in the Space Education International workshop
The CESAR initiative was invited to participate in the Space Education International Workshop in Leiden,The Netherlands, giving a session for teachers from different countries of the European Union. See more
21
October
2016
New computer cluster installed and ready for education
Last month we prepared our education room with several computers for the new educational software See more
07
October
2016
Visit of the Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros Aeronauticos de España
On 5th October El Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros Aeronauticos de España visited ESAC See more
05
October
2016
The CESAR Team in Expoastronomica 2016
During the weekend of the 24-25th the CESAR Team participated in Expoastronomica 2016. See more
28
September
2016
Space Summer School 2016 success
CESAR collaborate in ESAC Space Summer School 2016 See more
29
July
2016
Visit of the DG to the CESAR Project
On 8th July 2016, the DG was visiting the CESAR Project. See more
08
July
2016
Instituto Pedro Álvarez Sotomayor visit
2 teachers with a group of best students went to visit ESAC See more
24
June
2016
Escuela del Espacio Visit
24 people from the Escuela del Espacio from Valencia went to visit ESAC See more
23
June
2016
Human Resources employees visit
80 HR people from the European Space Agency went to visit ESAC See more
22
June
2016
Cassini Scientist for a Day
ESAC representation in the awards ceremony of the "Cassini Scientist for a Day competition" See more
17
June
2016
Mirabal school visit
11 best students from the Mirabal school of Madrid went to visit ESAC See more
17
June
2016
University of Manchester visit
7 students from the University of Manchester went to visit ESAC See more
13
June
2016
University of Alcalá Visit
11 students from the University of Alcalá went to visit ESAC See more
06
June
2016
AUGE Visit
40 students of an Astronomy Course of the Alcalá University went to visit ESAC See more
02
June
2016
UC3M visit
The Carlos III University of Madrid visits ESAC See more
26
April
2016
Mercury Transit information day
CESAR team presented the activities foreseen for the Mercury Transit observation See more
15
April
2016
International organisations meeting
Representatives from some of the international organisations and EU bodies based in Spain visited CESAR project See more
10
March
2016
ISDEFE visits ESAC
Daniel Mosquera and Álvaro Manresa went to visit ESAC See more
22
February
2016
Ateneo Escurialense visit ESAC
The San Lorenzo de El Escorial mayores come with the visit See more
19
February
2016
UPM visits ESAC
About 40 students of the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid went to ESAC See more
19
February
2016
Teachers first videoconference
Videoconference with Centro de Ciencia Principia in Málaga-Spain See more
15
February
2016
Introduction to Radioastronomy with university students
ESAC receives the visit of the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de Telecomunicación Universidad Politecnica de Valencia See more
12
February
2016
A very special visit
We made Jorge's wish real thanks to Pequeño deseo foundation See more
08
February
2016
Global Robot Expo 2016
CESAR visit to International Exhibition of Robotics thanks to GMV See more
30
January
2016
Universitad Politécnica de Valencia rector visiting ESAC
Francisco J. Mora Mas, Universitad Politécnica de Valencia rector visited the ESAC installations See more
29
January
2016
New mirror material for astronomical presentation by Nematia
Reflexis plastic reflectors, a possible revolution for astronomy See more
28
January
2016
Observatorio Andaluz de Astronomía presentation
Francisco Angel Espartero Briceno presented his Observatory to the CESAR team See more
21
January
2016
Fundación AstroHita visit
The Fundación AstroHita went to ESAC to present his observatory See more
14
January
2016
Airbus Defence & Space visiting CESAR & ESAC
A little introduction to Airbus Defence & Space team See more
04
December
2015
Visit to 5th GMV Robotics Day experience
A lot of robots for different applications, like security, exploration, medicine, autonomy, science and education. See more
25
November
2015
CESAR Team visit Simo Education
We visit the trade fair, organised by IFEMA in collaboration with Education 3.0 See more
30
October
2015
First CESAR lectures in European Space Astronomy Center
We have started with the lectures, inspirational lesson for schools. See more
28
October
2015
CESAR New Spheric Projection
The classroom of the future come to our project with this technology globe projection. See more
09
October
2015
Introduction to Radio Astronomy with Navarra university
Summer course “Introduction to Radio Astronomy” organized by Universidad Publica de Navarra and Planetario de Pamplona. See more
25
September
2015
Expoastronómica 2015
One of the biggest events in Spain about astronomy is the Expoastronómica that takes place in Yebes, Guadalajara. See more
13
September
2015
CESAR observation from Argentina
The CESAR educational telescopes allow Artentine group to observe the north sky. See more
10
September
2015
CESAR in First Space Summer School on ESAC
CESAR team promoted the First Space Summer School in the European Space Astronomy Center. See more
30
July
2015
UC3M Radio Astronomy Conference
60 students from the International Travelling Summer School, ITSS, and 20 professors visit ESAC installations and see CESAR programme. See more
08
July
2015
Detailed image of the Sun´s surface
On the image, some main features of the Sun's chromosphere such as sunspots or filaments are visible. See more
07
July
2015
Star Party in ESAC and Robledo Remote Demostration
CESAR team use an ESAC Star Party to make the first remote demostration of Robledo Robotic telescope. See more
26
June
2015
Visit of ESA DG and country delegations
The ESA director Jean-Jacques Dordain visit ESAC. See more
24
June
2015
First completely robotic observation in Robledo Observatory
Look the first photos in robotic mode. See more
18
June
2015
Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev visits CESAR
El cosmonauta Oleg Artemyev 169 días en órbita en la Estación Espacial Internacional y realizó 12 horas de paseos extravehiculares. See more
22
April
2015
André Kuipers visits CESAR Control Room
André Kuipers comes to ESAC to give a presentation on his experiences as an astronaut and also answer any questions See more
12
March
2015
ESAC ESAs Window on the Universe
ESA video about ESAC projects, including CESAR educational project See more
16
February
2015
El espacio al alcance de los estudiantes (es)
Todo está a punto para que estudiantes y universitarios europeos se conviertan en astrónomos a través del proyecto CESAR See more
19
January
2015
CESAR in the Scientific Weekend in Madrid
The CESAR project in the most scientific weekend in Madrid See more
20
October
2014
CESAR in ExpoAstronomica
The first astronomic fair in Spain, Valdeluz, Guadalajara. See more
15
September
2014
Meeting of the Spanish Society of Astronomy
CESAR project in XI meeting of the Spanish Society of Astronomy, this year will take in Teruel. See more
03
September
2014
Sun Live mini website
Observe the Sun with Visible and H-Alpha filters, see timelapse video of the Sun and download the Sun archive files. See more
01
September
2014
New autonomous closure system and control software
The Robledo observatory has now a new control software based on RTS2 Linux software and a new autonomous closure system. See more
28
July
2014
Peter Kubanek visit
The optical telescopes of Robledo and Cebreros will be update to RTS2 software. See more
03
April
2014
JPL Deputy Director visits CESAR Robledo observatory
The new JPL Deputy Director Larry D. James visit the Robledo Optical Observatory. See more
13
January
2014
CESAR in the Third Workshop On Robotic Autonomous Observatories
CESAR has contributed with two speeches, enter the news to download them. See more
16
November
2013
Sun public observation during the ESAC Fun Run
The CESAR team set up the solar telescopes for a public observation of the Sun during the ESAC Fun Run See more
16
October
2013
CESAR’s Cebreros Optical Telescope First Light
The 50cm cassegrain reflector telescope, located at ESA’s Cebreros Deep Space Ground Station, operates autonomously See more
24
September
2013
Robledo observatory installation Finished
Was finished with a dome update, new leveling platform design, new control software, new electronic, etc. See more
08
August
2013
'First Light' for HELIOS ESAC's Solar Observatory
The Sun images and videos will be posted and archived in dedicated webpages for the Solar Observatory See more
23
May
2013
Solar Observatory dome installed
The solar observatory 3m dome was installed at the highest point of the ESAC premises in Madrid. See more
11
April
2013
First remote control demostration from CESAR-ESAC of Robledo telescope
Now we have the remote control, but the real target is to make it a robotic observatory. See more
22
February
2013
Hardware installation finished in Robledo by MDSCC team
In few weeks we will be ready to make remote observations with a new CESAR telescope control software. See more
21
December
2012
First light in Robledo´s telescope
Last sunday was the first light of this telescope in Training and Visitors Center of NASA See more
03
October
2012
Parallax Effect Charted in the 2012 Transit of Venus
When the images from the two locations are compared, the parallax effect is obvious See more
02
October
2012
Scheduling web application available
A first release of the scheduling web application is already available for the Cesar net of robotic telescopes. See more
25
September
2012
CESAR ESAC radiotelescope is available again
VIL-1 Antenna is alternated for CESAR use and as a technology test platform. Now, it is available again for CESAR. See more
11
September
2012
Didactic applications of remote and robotic observatories
Poster presented at the 9th Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society (Valencia, Spain, 9th - 13th July). See more
14
July
2012
CESAR project agreement signature
ESA, INTA and INSA signed a collaboration Agreement, in which 5 telescopes will be dedicated to education. See more
26
June
2012
New CESAR Control Room
CESAR project‘s new control room centralize infrastructures and customers See more
15
May
2012
The CESAR ESAC radio telescope is operative
Since the last week, the CESAR ESAC RadioTelescope is suitable to observe radiosources in transit mode. See more
25
April
2012
NASA & JPL first visit to the CESAR initiative
Visit of NASA and JPL representation to ESAC installations, having a meeting with Vicente Gómez, ESAC director See more
01
July
2011
A telescope will be installed at the NASA station in Robledo de Chavela
It will be shared with the PARTNeR project See more
01
August
2010
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