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every astronomer and astronomy enthusiast, were detail. This way our learners could appreciate the
held as their continuation. Those classes consolidated
the knowledge of the sky and time acquired able to find justification for the complex trajecto-
genius of Nicolaus Copernicus, who had been
before, while the ability to use the rotary map of ries of planets in our sky in an exceptionally simple
the sky facilitated orientation in the sky, necessary heliocentric model. We also had a discussion on
for effective participation in night observations of the significance of this discovery in the history of
various astronomical objects.
our civilization and on the scientific revolution as
During our classes, special attention was paid its consequence.
to the planets, including their structure, size and The next stage of our astronomy course was
distance from the Sun, as well as to models de-
looking for the answer to the question: why the
point – the Earth – and its movement as one of
the planets in the Solar System. Classes devoted
to becoming acquainted with the celestial sphere,
constellations and changes in the appearance of
the night sky during the year created an opportunity
to be in contact with the history of European
culture and were very popular among the participants.
The next series of classes were devoted to
the history of the calendar and the basics of time
scribing their movement. Planetarium is a place,
which is extremely suitable for this purpose, since
its geocentric structure makes it possible to observe
the complex movement of planets against
the background of stars over the period of 10 to 20
minutes. Observation of these phenomena in the
real sky would take several weeks or months. The
audiovisual devices available in the planetarium
make it possible to explain these phenomena in
measurement, i.e. to practical
use of the knowledge of
astronomy over the course
of centuries. These served as
an opportunity to talk about
the object of an exceptional
historical value located in the
galleries of the Olsztyn Castle
- the astronomical board of
Copernicus.
The classes during which
we presented constellations
took place in the projection
room and planetarium equipment
was used in their course.
Later workshop meetings,
during which we taught our
learners to use the rotary map
of the sky - the basic tool of
Meeting with Nicolaus Copernicus in the Castle of Olsztyn
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