under the supervision of both teachers Mr. Abdullah Hamad Al Mukhemer and Mr. Solaiman Al Rokban, the Astronomical Observatory received on Tuesday, 19/05/1436, corresponding to 10/3/2015 a number of students from the Secondary Imam Faisal Bin Turki School at Hotat Sudair. The students were met by the Observatory staff headed by the Director of the Observatory administration, Mr. Abdullah Aba Hussein with the public relations officer of the Observatory, Mr. Ahmed Al gheiamneh, who warmly greeted and welcomed the visitors. The tour began inside the Astronomical Observatory, where Dr. Sabri Ali explained four parts of the contents of the Observatory: telescopes and their utilization, the solar system with all its different components (physical and kinetic), and the various nebulae and galaxies in their different forms and types. After that, the astronomy expert at the Observatory Mr. Abdullah Al Khudairi explained the real and visible movements of the moon in the sky through its phases, how the phases occur, as well as the solar and lunar eclipses occurrences. Then the students visited the planetarium, where Prof. Majdi Yousef Amin gave a detailed explanation about the planetarium and its uses, the movement of the stars, planets, the sun and the moon, as well as constellations formation. At the end of the visit, the visitors expressed their admiration of the astonishing Astronomical Observatory and thanked everyone for the warm reception and generous hospitality
