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Ilan Ramon youth physics center was established in honor of Ilan Ramon
Ilan Ramon

Ilan Ramon was a fighter pilot in the Israeli Air Force, and later the first Israeli astronaut. Ramon was the space shuttle payload specialist of STS-107, the fatal mission of Space Shuttle Columbia, where he and six other crew members were killed in a re-entry accident over Southern Texas....
, Israel's first astronaut. The center was established by the Rashi foundation in order to allow high school students that are interested in physics
Physics

Physics is the natural science which examines basic concepts such as energy, force, and spacetime and all that derives from these, such as mass, charge, matter and its Motion ....
 access to high grade laboratory
Laboratory

A laboratory is a facility that provides controlled conditions in which science research, experiments, and measurement may be performed. The title of laboratory is also used for certain other facilities where the processes or equipment used are similar to those in scientific laboratories....
 and astronomy
Astronomy

Astronomy is the science of Astronomical object and Phenomenon that originate outside the Earth's atmosphere . It is concerned with the evolution, physics, chemistry, meteorology, and motion of celestial objects, as well as the physical cosmology....
 equipment. The center is located at the Ben Gurion university of the Negev
Negev

The Negev is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The indigenous Negev Bedouin inhabitants of the region refer to the desert as al-Naqab ....
 and hosts students of all ages and of a wide cultural verity.

The objectives of the Center is to advance the study of physics and astronomy in high school; increase the number of pupils who take Physics at matriculation level and improve their matriculation results; establish and operate physics centers in school increase the number of physics and engineering students in academic institutions.








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Ilan Ramon youth physics center was established in honor of Ilan Ramon
Ilan Ramon

Ilan Ramon was a fighter pilot in the Israeli Air Force, and later the first Israeli astronaut. Ramon was the space shuttle payload specialist of STS-107, the fatal mission of Space Shuttle Columbia, where he and six other crew members were killed in a re-entry accident over Southern Texas....
, Israel's first astronaut. The center was established by the Rashi foundation in order to allow high school students that are interested in physics
Physics

Physics is the natural science which examines basic concepts such as energy, force, and spacetime and all that derives from these, such as mass, charge, matter and its Motion ....
 access to high grade laboratory
Laboratory

A laboratory is a facility that provides controlled conditions in which science research, experiments, and measurement may be performed. The title of laboratory is also used for certain other facilities where the processes or equipment used are similar to those in scientific laboratories....
 and astronomy
Astronomy

Astronomy is the science of Astronomical object and Phenomenon that originate outside the Earth's atmosphere . It is concerned with the evolution, physics, chemistry, meteorology, and motion of celestial objects, as well as the physical cosmology....
 equipment. The center is located at the Ben Gurion university of the Negev
Negev

The Negev is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The indigenous Negev Bedouin inhabitants of the region refer to the desert as al-Naqab ....
 and hosts students of all ages and of a wide cultural verity.

The objectives of the Center is to advance the study of physics and astronomy in high school; increase the number of pupils who take Physics at matriculation level and improve their matriculation results; establish and operate physics centers in school increase the number of physics and engineering students in academic institutions.

Astronomical equipment

MEADE LX200R 16" robotic telescope
Telescope

A telescope is an instrument designed for the observation of remote objects by the collection of electromagnetic radiation. The first known practically functioning telescopes were invented in the Netherlands at the beginning of the 17th century....
, used for research.

GOTO E5 planetarium
Planetarium

File:Planetarium-Thursday-1-July-2008.JPGFile:Belgrade Planetarium theatre day.jpgFile:Belgrade Planetarium theatre night.jpgA planetarium is a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navigation....
, used for showing the night sky

MEADE ETX-125 PE, for excursions

Coronado PST
PST

PST may refer to:* Pacific Standard Time, UTC-8:00* Paired Selected Ternary, a telecommunications line code* Pakistan Standard Time, UTC+5:00...
 solar telescope
Solar telescope

A solar telescope is a special purpose telescope used to observe the sun, which are typically engineered for optical wavelengths....
, used for daytime observations

Laboratory Equipment

The laboratories are equipped with a variety of physics experiment kits, for both modern and classical physics.