Winners of the school competition “The Sun at a Glance”

A total of 561 exceptionally creative infographics have been submitted to the EST school competition "The Sun at a Glance".  This material will be included in the EST Solarpedia, an online encyclopedia that will cover a broad range of topics related to the Sun in a comprehensive way. The EST Solarpedia will soon be available on the EST website to be consulted by anyone interested in solar astronomy.  

The international jury, consisting of experts from different disciplines, had a hard time choosing the winners. The final decision is announced below. The teams ranked in the first and second place will travel to Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) to visit Teide Observatory and the solar telescopes in operation there. The team ranked in the third place will receive an H-Alpha telescope for observations of the solar chromosphere.

In addition, and due to the very high quality of their infographics, also the top 15 finalists are listed below. They will receive a kit of books and EST material as a small prize. 

Congratulations to all the students and teachers involved!

First prize: "Brief history of solar observations"

Team
Elio-eccentrici

School

City
Rome (Italy)

Students
Matteo Muller
Daniele Pifferi
Vittoriana Papi
Kaloian Tedeschi Kristo

Teacher
Francesca Giammei

Second prize: "Magnetic carpet and heating of the corona"

Team
Bookworms

School

City
Žilina (Slovakia)

Students
Anna Podmanická
Veronika Kováčová
Viktória Sagálová

Teacher
Mária Iványiová





Third prize: "Coronal mass ejections"

Team
The Sun Set

School

City
Dublin (Ireland)

Students
Aoife McMahon 
Lucie Patterson
Mathilda De Burca

Teacher
Paul Nugent

Finalists

Title: Sunspots
Team: Huītzilōpōchtli
City: Asker (Norway)

Students
Eirik Krogh Wetterhus
Anders Nordbø
Simon B. Nielsen
Emil Lund Wøien

Teacher: Hossein Rostamzadeh
Title: The history and the future of our Sun
Team: Greve 2
City: Tønsberg (Norway)

Students
Carl Petter Sundsvåg
Emma Singh
Fredrik Danielsen
Freyvis Alexis Aponte Quiles

Teacher: Andreas Jørgensen
Title: Solar measurements
Team: Las Oriónidas
City: Madrid (Spain)

Students
Irene Padias Olías
Ainhoa Piqueras Contreras
Rocío Antón Freire
Xiaoxuan (Lucía) Weng

Teacher: Carmen Navarro Ramírez
Title: Sun and Earth
Team: Four funny cows
School: Santa Sabina
City: Dublin (Ireland)

Students
Sana Belabbas
Aishling Wei
Sonsoles de los Ríos Salafranca
Candela Barriga Ruiz

Teacher: Paul Nugent
Title: Photosphere vs. Chromosphere
Team: Teruel 03
City: Teruel (Spain)

Students
Paula Aranda Gómez
Nicolás Carbó Rodríguez
Andrea Ferrer Pérez
Andrea Gálvez Báguena


Teacher: Eduardo Riaza Molina
Title: The death of our Sun
Team: Amoebas
City: Jena (Germany)

Students
Lilly Trauboth
Danielle Duparré
Lotta Hartig
Kiara Ludwig

Teacher: Matthias Ring
Title: Gravity of the Sun
Team: Square of GTV
City: Stará Ľubovňa (Slovakia)

Students
Ester Petrana Petríková
Krištof Dudzik
Filip Krafčík
Zuzana Šidlovská

Teacher: Monika Vilinová
Title: Auroras
Team: KRSP
City: Cork (Ireland)

Students
Peri-Elkie Tiendioh
Sophie Jones
Ria Rose
Keira Fitzpatrick

TeacherDenise Quilter
Title: The eruptions of the Sun
Team: 1olykigoum-team2
City: Igoumenitsa (Greece)

Students
Antonios Tokas 
Giorgos Sougkas 
Theofanis Christogiannis 
Vasilios Rizos 

TeacherLeonidas Karantzopoulos
Title: Solar mythology
Team: Clave de sol
City: Granada (Spain)

Students
Laura López Ibáñez
Luz Lupiáñez Rodríguez
Sara Santiago Luque
Álvaro Vázquez Del Rey

TeacherLorenza Madrid Villar
Title: Looking at the heart of the Sun
Team: Parker
City: Rome (Italy)

Students
Matteo Coslovi
Pietro Ceccarelli
Flavio Gatti
Gabriele Genca

TeacherAlberto Bigazzi
Title: The sun and us
Team: Kaikuta Solar
City: Cúllar (Spain)

Students
Ángel Sánchez Carrión
Alejandro Simón Cano
Carmen García Martínez
Laura Navarro Azor

Teacher: Pedro Jesús Ramón Torregrosa
Title: The journey of solar radiation
Team: Sunset
City: Frascati (Italy)

Students
Flavio Cucchiaroni
Tomasso Di Biaggio
Alessio Giustini
Valerio Quadri


Teacher: Maria Rosa Patisso