COAA - Centro de Observação Astronómica no Algarve

What can be more exciting than watching the sky in a crisp clear night? To get the best one needs a good telescope. COAA has three very good telescopes. One of which, the largest one, Newtonian type, is operated by COAA owner, a physicist by background, former professor at Cambridge University and an expert astronomer - a few years ago he discovered a new asteroid.The operating concept is a good one, in particular for people visiting Algarve. COAA can accommodate visitors on a B&B basis with observations after dinner and during the night.In alternative, one can make arrangements and book telescope observations. I intend to do this when sons and grand children are around. This will give them another dimension of Algarve.Last, but very important for a successful visit, not only can we watch planets, stars, nebula, white dwarfs, etc, but the owner is really happy to explain the physics and astronomic details of what we are observing.