INFORMATION
- Latitude: 28º 46′ 01,9″ N
- Length: 17º 58′ 59,5″ W
- Altitude: 746 m.
- Municipality: Puntagorda
A viewpoint located in the centre of Puntagorda, but with interesting conditions for educational observation of the night sky. Its panel invites you to discover the sky with the naked eye and binoculars, through the observation of various objects in the sky, as nebulae, star clusters, shooting stars and planets. There are star charts which help visitors to recognize the constellations. It has a signpost pointing to Polaris, and a wheel-planisphere which helps locate the circumpolar constellations: the Dipper and Cassiopeia.
HORIZON STELLARIUM
360tº Horizon of this Astronomical Viewpoint for the program Stellarium.
Instructions to open a new 360º horizon in the program Stellarium here
If you don’t have the program Horizon Stellarium, you can download it in the website www.stellarium.org
