TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Bernard Osser
Students of Jablonowo’s school check a computer screen as they take part in an astronomy classes inside Jablonowo’s Astrobase, a small EU-funded astronomy observatory, part of the unprecedented project dubbed “Astrobase”, on December 14, 2011, in Jablonowo. Starry-eyed youngsters living in the birthplace of Nicolas Copernicus are following in the footsteps of the father of modern astronomy thanks to new EU-funded observatories at their schools. Launched four years ago, the unprecedented project dubbed “Astrobase” now comprises six observatories in the Torun region. Eight more are planned. AFP PHOTO / WOJTEK RADWANSKI (Photo credit should read WOJTEK RADWANSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
