Credit: Ágora, Alejandro Amenábar (2009).
It consists of a series of spontaneous, unplanned, short “interventions” carried out by professional and amateur astronomers in public settings, where an astronomy talk is not expected: in the square and the parks, but also in the stations of train, subway or bus. It is proposed as a means of modifying proposals for the general public, based on traditional telescope observations or conferences in special settings.
This initiative is also a tribute to the first astronomers, who used to teach outdoors, with no other resources than their hands, their eyes, their voice, and of course their brain.