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Apr 09
2019
Activities in Spain April 2019
April is a rainy month in Spain, so it is a bad date to participate in the activities of GAM, but that does not mean that they stop doing activities. Here is a summary of the main activities: 01.- Conference: "El Sol" in the Navarra Association of Astronomy. 02.- Physics course and nanotechnology conference at the Astronomical Association of Madrid. 02.- Stellar spectroscopy workshop at the Sociedad Malagueña de Astronomía. 04.- Conference: "Survive in space" in the Malagueña Society of Astronomy. 05.- Activities at the Lodoso Observatories (Burgos), by the Astronomical Association of Burgos. M33, photographed by César Blanco González... Read More...
Apr 09
2019
2019 Mega Star Party at Triel
by 
Maria Curlin
Maria CurlinOn Saturday, April 6th, the Triel Observatory (located at the town of Triel, about 30 km west of Paris), organized its 12th Mega Star Party. Several regional clubs and amateur astronomers were present as well as many other visitors, including families. At the park of the observatory, there were a lot of exchanges and discussions, questions and answers about astronomy. At the auditorium, three conferences attracted a large audience : two conferences on the Apollo missions and one on astrophotography. There were also workshops organised for the children. Overall, the party was once again a success. Read More...
Apr 08
2019
Infinite World
Infinite World is but a finite gesture from my side. It is my tribute to the joys of Mother Nature – and the warp and weft betwixt the celestial to the cosmic, the natural to the oceanic, the mountainous to the cumulus. A paean to Georgia from 'Laniakea' – home to the earth's magnificent Milky Way. Infinite World Read More...
Apr 08
2019
Luna Surface details
Moon craters 1 Bonprand 2 Parry 3 Tolansky 4 Parry M 5 Fra Mauro Formation: Fra Mauro is a widespread hilly geological area covering large portions of the lunar surface around Mare Imbrium, and is thought to be composed of ejecta from the impact which formed Imbrium. The area is primarily composed of relatively low ridges and hills, between which exist undulating valleys. Much of the ejecta blanket from the Imbrium impact is covered with debris from younger impacts and material churned up by possible moonquakes. Debris found in the formation may have originated from deep beneath the original crust,... Read More...
Apr 08
2019
Astro cine First Man happened
Even with little attendance was made a look at the history of the Apollos and of course we talked about the film and about the person and the character Neil Armstrong. Rain sure has messed up the attendance a bit that does not make us sure that day 13 at CCBEU with Global Star Party will be a success like all previous editions of Global Star Party. We are going together Gunstar Team and CCBEU waiting for everyone for this super astronomy party in the 2019 Global Astronomy month. Read More...
Apr 06
2019
10 years anniversary of Global Astronomy Month - long distant car trip
To celebrate 10 years of GAM I am doing again a long distant trip with my car, similar to my first GAM-trip 2010 to Turkey, Syria and Jordan. My road trip during GAM2019 led me already from Austria to Iran. It's my personal attempt to point the way, to light a beacon of hope, to cherish unshakable on the idea of a world without borders, to keep alive the idea and message of “One People, One Sky“. Not only saying, but doing this message, crossing borders, breaking down frontiers, old ones and new ones. It's again a journey back to... Read More...
Apr 05
2019
Campus Astronomy in Xi'an Jiaotong University
by 
Deng Zihao
Deng ZihaoThe Astronomy Associaltion , as an outstanding science and technology association of Jiaotong University , participates the science popularition on April 5th. Photo exhibitions, solar observations and popular sciences were held during the event. Many tourists, including children, feel unforgetable to our actvity. Read More...
Apr 05
2019
Earth Science - Open Lecture (PAST EVENT)
Institute of Astronomy, Colombo, Sri Lanka organized an open lecture on “Earth Science”. Our objective of this is to raise awareness and knowledge on earth activities such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, earth's magnetic field, earth's gravitational field, tidal forces and etc. Our target audience is school students and school teachers. Lecture delivered by Miss. H. M. Ishani (Geologist, MSc in Environmental science (reading), University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka). Website:- https://www.ioas.edu.lk/ Date:- 03/03/2019 Location:- Koswatta, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka Read More...
Apr 05
2019
Week of Practical Astronomy (PAST EVENT)
Institute of Astronomy, Colombo, Sri Lanka organized a series of workshops for school students regarding practical astronomy. During the workshop series, we taught about telescope usage, techniques of standard observation reports, theories of telescopes and observation astronomy (field of view, eyepieces, use of equatorial mounts, use of filters, use of star maps, astronomy cameras etc.). This workshop series is free of charge for students those who between 14 years to 19 years able to participate this event. In the matter of fact, we are able to obtain interest in observation field among the students. Duration:- 11/02/2019 - 15/02/2019 Read More...
Apr 05
2019
Solar Activities- photography
Solar Activities Date: 21.02.2019 Time: 10.35 am Location: OKI International School, Wattala, Sri Lanka Equipments: coronado 60 mm double stack solarmax ii, Nikon D3300, Celestron SE mount Credit: Banuka Dimuthu, Randika Mendis Our Website All are reserved to IOAS Read More...
Apr 05
2019
Solar Observation Program (28th Feburary 2019)
OKI International School is one of the major international schools in Sri Lanka. They organized a science exhibition for school students. Organizers' goal is to raise awareness of STEM education and encourage the students to engage themselves in STEM subject related activities. Organizers invited the Institute of Astronomy, Colombo, Sri Lanka to be a part of this event. Our institute works as the astronomy knowledge and resource sharing partner. We included telescopes in order to give a basic idea to the students regarding how a telescope works and how to use it and also to expose the students to use... Read More...
Apr 04
2019
May Astronomy Night
The NASA Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center and its partner the Delmarva Space Sciences Foundation will host an Astronomy Night event from 7:30 to 10 p.m. on Friday, May 10. This event begins with an astronomy presentation in the Visitor Center's auditorium at 7:30 p.m. followed by night sky observations through high-powered telescopes operated by the Delmarva Space Sciences Foundation on the grounds of the Visitor Center from 7:30 p.m. until 10 p.m. Drop-in, hands-on space science activities, videos, and astronomy resources will also be available from 8 – 9 p.m. The astronomy presentation and indoor activities will take place... Read More...
Apr 01
2019
Building STEM spyglasses for AWB and Ciencia PR at the Gulf Coast Science Festival on March 30, 2019
Our optics workshop could not have been better! We built 30 spyglasses with Astronomers Without Borders to send to Ciencia Puerto Rico next week in only two hours 15 minutes, then used the rest of the time to let kids decorate them creatively. All who built or decorated filled in the donor form for the STEM teachers and students of Puerto Rico got a tektite specimen from our sponsor, Draco Productions. Many thanks to Sheryl Williams, Buddy Welker, Nicole and Chloe Gunter, Jacque Falzone, Marc Gordon, Ed Magowan, Lauren Rogers, and Chris Coats from the EAAA, and of course SaraBeth... Read More...
Apr 01
2019
Building STEM spyglasses for AWB and Ciencia PR at the Gulf Coast Science Festival on March 30, 2019
Our optics workshop could not have been better! We built 30 spyglasses with Astronomers Without Borders to send to Ciencia Puerto Rico next week in only two hours 15 minutes, then used the rest of the time to let kids decorate them creatively. All who built or decorated filled in the donor form for the STEM teachers and students of Puerto Rico got a tektite specimen from our sponsor, Draco Productions. Many thanks to Sheryl Williams, Buddy Welker, Nicole and Chloe Gunter, Jacque Falzone, Marc Gordon, Ed Magowan, Lauren Rogers, and Chris Coats from the EAAA, and of course SaraBeth... Read More...
Mar 27
2019
Fireball over Santa Catarina (Brazil)
by 
NEOA-JBS
NEOA-JBSOn Sunday, March 24, 2019, at 21:40 UT (18:40 EBT), several people observed a fireball with magnitude roughly -12. Some observers sent their data to International Meteor Organization and they are available here: https://fireballs.imo.net/members/imo_view/event/2019/1245 At least one video was recorded by an observer in Imbituba, Santa Catarina, Brazil, and is at this link: https://fireballs.imo.net/members/imo_video/view_video?video_id=2011 Preliminary results was published in our Newsletter Observe! , April 2019 issue, pages 16-17, available at this link: http://www.geocities.ws/costeira1/neoa/observe.pdf Read More...
Mar 24
2019
Adventures in the mystic city of old goias
Gunstar invites everyone to a super adventure of the global month of Astronomy 2019. With the largest project of dissemination of astronomy and practical observation in Goias the traveling telescope we will be observing the moon and with equipments for the great public to have their first with astronomy or with practical observation. The procession stages the prison of Jesus Christ and begins at 0:00 on Holy Thursday, with the public lighting turned off and the sound of drums, at the door of the Church of the Good Death, in the main square of the city. Traditionally, 40 Farricocos dressed... Read More...
Mar 24
2019
About Astronomers Without Borders
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Mar 23
2019
Galahitiyawa Central College Night Sky Observation Camp 2019
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NCAS
NCASNalanda College Astronomical Society (NCAS) and Nalanda College Alumni Astronomical Society (NCAAS) conducted its 349th night sky observation camp in Galahitiyawa Central College, Ganemulla, Srilanka. There were about 350 participants. Though the sky condition was no good at the start, it improved in the due course of the camp. Students were able to see moon and we guide them to map it. The students got the chance to observe Jupiter, Saturn and Venus. Furthermore, several deep sky objects including the butterfly cluster, lagoon nebula, M76, jewel box cluster, ptolomy cluster, alcor mizar star system were also observed. Apart from the... Read More...
Mar 23
2019
Kottawa Dharmapala College Night Sky Observation Camp 2019
by NCAS
NCASOn 8th March 2019 Nalanda College Astronomical Society (NCAS) and Nalanda College Alumni Astronomical Society (NCAAS) conducted the 348th nigh sky observation camp at Dharmapala College Kottawa, Sri Lanka. Some lectures were given by members of our two societies (NCAS & NCAAS). The usual moon observations were not carried out since it was the new moon. However the lack of moonlight helped the participants to observe planets Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus and some Deep Sky objects including the Orion Nebula, butterfly cluster, lagoon nebula, jewel box cluster and the ptolomy cluster. Several group activities and lectures on "Introduction to Astronomy",... Read More...
Mar 19
2019
Brazil and the United States together as the Gunstar Team and Astronomers without borders.
reports of the media: The Brazilian government signed on Tuesday (March 18/2020) the Technological Safeguards Agreement, which allows the commercial use of the Alcântara base in Maranhão, with projects involving technology from the United States. L The partnership between the two countries has been discussed since 2000 when then Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso signed an agreement with the American George W. Bush. At the time, the proposal was barred by the National Congress, which claimed that AST, as the agreement is known, hurt national sovereignty. Currently, 80% of space artifacts have some American technology component. Without the agreement, they... Read More...
Mar 17
2019
AWB SERBIA - ASTRONOMY QUIZ ON MARCH 15th 2019
Every 15th of the month, except in April, AWB is organizing a small quiz featuring 10 questions on a selected astronomical subject. On March 15 th , 2019, the 31th quiz took place, the theme of the day was: "Southern skies". We had 93 participants, each of whom got a free e-book on astronomy. Those who had all 10 answers correct, received an e-book and a gold certiicate. Read More...
Mar 11
2019
Night Camp and Workshop at Ambilipitiya President's College
ඇඹිලිපිටිය ජනාධිපති විද්යාලිය තාරකා විද්යා සංගමයේ ආරාධනය පරිදී Astronomical Research institute of Sri Lanka ආයතනය මූලිකත්වයෙන්, ආනන්ද විද්යාලිය තාරකා විද්යා සංගමයේ , ආදී ආනන්දීය තාරකා විද්යා සංගමයේ හා Star party Group හි දායකත්වයෙන් සංවිධානය කරනු ලැබූ රාත්රී අහස නිරීක්ෂණ කඳවුර හා නිරීක්ෂණ තාරකා විද්යා වැඩමුළුව 2019 මාර්තු 02 දින රැය පහන් වන තුරු, විශාල ශිෂ්ය පිරිසකගේ සහබාගිත්වයෙන් එම විද්යාලයේදී ඇති සාර්ථකව නිමාවට පත් විය. මෙහිදී සහාබාගී වූ පිරිසට නිරීක්ෂණ තාරකා විද්යාත්මක දේශණ, මෙන්ම දුරේක්ෂ ආධාරයෙන් සඳ නිරීක්ෂණය , බ්රහස්පති නිරික්ෂණය, සෙනසුරු නිරීක්ෂණය, ගැඹුරු අහස වස්තුන් නිරීක්ෂණය කරමින් විශ්වයේ අසිරිය අධ්යයනය කිරීමට මෙන්ම රොකට් තාක්ෂණයේ නව ප්රවණතා ආශ්රිතව ඔවුන්ගේ දැතින් නිමවුන... Read More...
Mar 04
2019
Activities in Spain, March 2019
5 de marzo: curso de Física Básica en la Asociación Astronómica de Madrid. 5 de marzo: Conferencia 'Stephen Hawking, comentada por un adolescente' en la Asociación Astronómica de Madrid. 7 de marzo: Curso de Introducción a la Observación en la Asociación Astronómica de Madrid. 10 de marzo: Observación pública para observar la luna y constelaciones visibles desde la ciudad, por la Asociación Astronómica de la Región de Murcia. 11 de marzo: Conferencia 'Misiones espaciales de 2018', en la Asociación Navarra de Astronomía. 12 de marzo: Curso de Física Básica en la Asociación Astronómica de Madrid. 12 de marzo: Conferencia 'Stephen... Read More...
Mar 04
2019
Activities in Spain, March 2019
March 5: Basic Physics course in the Astronomical Association of Madrid March 5: Conference 'Stephen Hawking, commented by a teenager' in the Astronomical Association of Madrid March 7: Course of Introduction to Observation in the Astronomical Association of Madrid March 10: Public observation to observe the Moon and constellations visible from the city, by the Astronomical Association of the Region of Murcia March 11: Conference 'Space Missions of 2018', in the Navarra Association of Astronomy March 12: Basic Physics Course in the Astronomical Association of Madrid March 12: Conference 'Stephen Hawking, his legacy as a person', in the Astronomical Association... Read More...
Feb 27
2019
Gunstar team and CCBEU united by Astronomy
Gunstar Team together with CCBEU one of the most traditional teaching institutions of English language in Goias recognized by the American Embassy together for cultural astronomy. Our partnership began in 2018 with the promotion of Asteroid Day Goias a valuable action that was attended by the Planetarium of the Federal University of Goias Juan Bernandino. During the actions Gunstar and CCBEU promoted workshops, lectures, Telescope Observation with one of the largest Astronomy dissemination programs in Goias, the Gunstar Touring Telescope and Planetarium Sessions in full dome. By stretching and tightening the bonds of the partnership we are seeking within this... Read More...
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