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CORPORATE IDENTITY

from Space and Time: Stories from the Neuchâtel Observatory

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Vision statement

The EspaceTemps association wishes to safeguard the Neuchâtel Observatory, to create a dialogue between science in the past and science in the future in order to increase awareness of the value of scientific heritage for future generation.

Mission statement

The missions of the EspaceTemps association are: – To create and manage an exhibition in the Hirsch Pavilion – To maintain the installations on the Observatory site - in particular the Hirsch Pavilion and elsewhere in the Neuchâtel region (Portalban and Chaumont sights, etc.) – To collect and preserve historical documents and information for future generations.

Graphic identity

The graphic identity of the EspaceTemps association was created by exploring different features related to time, astronomy, clocks, stars and the Observatory building itself. The final logo has an ellipse, referring both to a clock or watch dial, but also to the shape of a galaxy. The dots remind as of the stars observed by astronomers to define time; they also remind numerals as of on dials. The colour blue is related to sky observation, the space and therefore science and technology.

The communication elements to be developed are: Prints A 6-page leaflet in three languages and a A3 poster will be produced for distribution in the Canton of Neuchâtel and in the following locations: Tourist offices of the Jura Arc, hotels, museums, scientific and technical heritage sites, technical and engineering schools, universities, etc. The three axes to communicate this exhibition are: 1. The Neuchâtel Observatory, a unique scientific heritage to be rediscovered. 2. The measurement of time, from stars to atoms. 3. Broadcasting the time throughout Switzerland for more than a century. Website I developed a prototype of a few pages to show the contents I offer. It will be put online three months before the opening of the exhibition. The content will have a rich historical documentation of texts, photographs and videos that present the activities of the observatory and its research. The programme of activities will include the proposed lectures and workshops. Social networks Realization of campaigns on the social networks Instagram and Facebook, creating teasers around time measurement. This work will be entrusted to the marketing specialist and community manager, “Le Coin’Com”.

Exploring different options to find the graphic identity of the EspaceTemps association

Space and Time

Stories from the Neuchâtel Observatory

Espace et temps: Histoires de l’Observatoire de Neuchâtel –Weltraum und Zeit: Geschichten aus der Neuenburger Sternwarte

Space and Time

Stories from the Neuchâtel Observatory

Espace et temps: Histoires de l’Observatoire de Neuchâtel –Weltraum und Zeit: Geschichten aus der Neuenburger Sternwarte

Space and Time

Stories from the Neuchâtel Observatory

Espace et temps: Histoires de l’Observatoire de Neuchâtel –Weltraum und Zeit: Geschichten aus der Neuenburger Sternwarte

Space and Time

Stories from the Neuchâtel Observatory

Espace et temps: Histoires de l’Observatoire de Neuchâtel –Weltraum und Zeit: Geschichten aus der Neuenburger Sternwarte

EspaceTemps Rue de l’Observatoire 52 CH–2000 Neuchâtel www.espacetemps.info — Mars–Novembre Samedi–Dimanche, 14:00–17:00 Et le dernier vendredi soir de chaque mois, 20:00–23:00 März–November Samstag–Sonntag, 14:00–17:00 Und am letzten Freitagabend eines jeden Monats, 20:00–23:00 March–November Saturday–Sunday, 14:00–17:00 And on the last Friday evening of each month, 20:00–23:00 EspaceTemps Rue de l’Observatoire 52 CH–2000 Neuchâtel www.espacetemps.info — Mars–Novembre Samedi–Dimanche, 14:00–17:00 Et le dernier vendredi soir de chaque mois, 20:00–23:00 März–November Samstag–Sonntag, 14:00–17:00 Und am letzten Freitagabend eines jeden Monats, 20:00–23:00 March–November Saturday–Sunday, 14:00–17:00 And on the last Friday evening of each month, 20:00–23:00

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SPACE AND TIME: STORIES FROM THE NEUCHATEL OBSERVATORY

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PLAN A VISIT DISCOVER EMBLEMATIC OBJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CARRIED OUT OVER 150 YEARS

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ASTRONOMY HIGHLIGHT TRY THE ZEISS TELESCOPE

There are still three models in the world of this telescope. Come and observe the night sky on Friday evenings with the Zeiss telescope built in 1912.

BOOK NOW > SISMOLOGY HIGHLIGHT HOW THE EARTH QUAKES

Come and see a demonstration of the Quervain-Piccard seismograph, built and installed in 1926 and still functional. Demonstrations take place on the first Saturday of each month.

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LECTURE PIERRE THOMANN, TIME EXPLORER

In our daily lives, we all have a notion of time, sometimes quite vague. Pierre Thomann, on the other hand, dominates atomic precision.

BOOK NOW > FIRST DIRECTOR 1858-1901 ADOLPHE HIRSH ASTRONOMER

Adolphe Hirsch, a young astronomer trained in Germany, arrived in Neuchâtel in 1858. He was hired by the local authorities to create an observatory to control local precision watchmaking and issue certificates of progress to chronometers intended for export. PICTURE OF THE MONTH FIRST IMAGE OF A BLACK HOLE

For the first time an international team of astrophysicists managed to get a picture of a supermassive black hole M87, in the heart of the galaxy M87! A first made possible by a new kind of telescope, the Event Horizon Telescope.

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ATOMIC CLOCK FOR GALILEO SATELLITES

In the 1980s, the Observatory developed the first atomic clocks to equip the European Space Agency’s Galileo satellites. PENDULUM TO KEEP CORRECT TIME

In the basement of the observatory, a constant temperature and pressure chamber housed high-precision clocks to keep the exact time between each observation.

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HISTORY OF THE NEUCHATEL OBSERVATORY

In 1857 the brand new Republic and Canton of Neuchâtel decided to equip the region with an observatory in order to provide the many watchmakers in the canton with the correct time. It also began to host observatory chronometer trials to allow watchmakers to prove the value of their products to their international clients. The first part of the Observatory was built between 1859-1860.

Neuchâtel’s observatory’s reputation for measuring time grew and became a reference for the entire world. For a century it was responsible for determining the time for the whole of Switzerland. Just like Greenwich is in the UK! The institution was dissolved in 2007 for various reasons and became part of the University of Neuchâtel and also the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM), which now occupies a large part of the facility.

Interview of the Director Jacques Bonanomi by Mr. Beyner, 30.10.1991. DAV La Chaux-de-Fonds

“What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain to him who asks, I do not know.”

Saint Augustine, The confessions, Book XI, chapter XIV

THE KEY DATES OF THE OBSERVATORY

1857/1858 The State of Neuchâtel confirms the construction and the plans of an observatory. The german Adolphe Hirsch is the founder and the first director at the age of 28

1859/1860 Construction of the first buildings

1860 Hourly signal sent every day by telegraphic line

1880 The time is precise to two hundredth of a second

1901 Death of Dr Hirsch. He gives his fortune to the State of Neuchâtel to build the Hirsch Pavilion. Dr Arndt is the second director.

1912 Opening of the Hirsch Pavilion

1938 The Observatory is on the list of the 10 best observatories in the world

1957 The beginning of the speaking clock and distribution of time by radio wave

1961 The time of the Observatory becomes the standard time in Switzerland

1977 It is the end of the definition of the international time by the Observatory. The United States, Canada and Germany are the references

2007 End of the activities of the Observatory

INTERACTIV TIMELINE

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1858

Construction of the first building of the observatory with the installation of the meridian telescope for measuring the passage of stars. 1884

Adolphe Hirsch, the first director of the observatory, is participating in Paris in the choice of a worldclass meridian. Greenwich will be chosen at the Washington Congress. 1912

Inauguration of the Hirsch Pavilion following the legacy of Dr. Hirsch

LOCATION Association EspaceTemps Rue de l’Observatoire 52 CH-2000 Neuchâtel OPENING TIMES March–November Saturday–Sunday, 14:00–17:00 And on the last Friday evening of each month, 20:00–23:00 STAY UP RO DATE Newsletter sign up

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Space and Time: Stories from the Neuchâtel Observatory

by Marc-Olivier Schatz