About

Parc Astronòmic Montsec (PAM) is an initiative of the Government of Catalonia to use all the potentialities of Montsec mountain range. This is the best area of Catalonia to develop research, education and outreach of Astronomy.
Montsec has unique characteristics to host the Observatori Astronòmic del Montsec (OAdM) for research and Centre d’Observació de l’Univers (COU) for education and outreach. Also COU is one of the reference points for research on Light Pollution. Also good stability, good weather, few days of rain and of clouds give to this area a new opportunity.
PAM is the reference point for Catalan Law against Light Pollution and all Montsec area was certified as Starlight Reserve and Touristic Destination since 2013. Promotion and protection of dark skies is one of our priorities with outreach activities and high quality research. COU receives more tan 30 000 visitors per year in the village of Àger (500 inhabitants), so dark skies are an opportunity for economy of Montsec

Past Activities

1. Diurnal and Nocturnal visits with observations since 2009 (300 000 visitors)
2. Permanent Exhibition called Starlight Room
3. School Visits (Day and Night)
4. Astronomical Festival 2014
5. Astronomical Festival 2015
6. Astronomical Festival 2016
7. Astronomical Festival 2017
8. Astronomical Festival 2018
9. Music under the Stars 2010
10. Music under the Stars 2011
11. Music under the Stars 2012
12. Music under the Stars 2013
13. Music under the Stars 2014
14. Music under the Stars 2015
15. Music under the Stars 2016
16. Music under the Stars 2017
17. Music under the Stars 2018
18. Webcast of Transit of Venus 2012
19. Lunar eclipses observations
20. Solar eclipses observations
21. Major meteor showers events
22. Special webcast for Perseids 2017
23. Starlight Reserve and Touristic Destination.
24. Globe at Night support (Catalan)
25. IDA contact for Spain
26. Participation in EU and National LP projects
27. LP conferences hosted
and etcetera.