The President of the Vatican Observatory Foundation, Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno, was presented on Thursday 13th November with the Carl Sagan Medal by the American Astronomical Society.
Carl Sagan was an American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and science commentator in astronomy and other natural sciences, and wrote and presented the ground breaking TV series Cosmos.
Brother Consolmagno said: “First of all to have recognition of your peers is really amazing … but in addition I had met Carl Sagan when I was a young man and seen his enthusiasm … that changed everything for all of us because he showed us that it’s a good thing to show your enthusiasm.”
Brother Consolmagno is the author of "Turn Left at Orion: Hundreds of Night Sky Objects to See in a Home Telescope - and How to Find Them", which is in a ring binder, easy for outside use.
His most recent book "Would You Baptize an Extraterrestrial?: . . . and Other Questions from the Astronomers' In-box at the Vatican Observatory" has just been released.
Carl Sagan was an American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and science commentator in astronomy and other natural sciences, and wrote and presented the ground breaking TV series Cosmos.
Brother Consolmagno said: “First of all to have recognition of your peers is really amazing … but in addition I had met Carl Sagan when I was a young man and seen his enthusiasm … that changed everything for all of us because he showed us that it’s a good thing to show your enthusiasm.”
Brother Consolmagno is the author of "Turn Left at Orion: Hundreds of Night Sky Objects to See in a Home Telescope - and How to Find Them", which is in a ring binder, easy for outside use.
His most recent book "Would You Baptize an Extraterrestrial?: . . . and Other Questions from the Astronomers' In-box at the Vatican Observatory" has just been released.