Event Reports

Feb 19

Star Party 2020, Sri Lanka - The First Ever Astronomical Observation Competition & Workshop for High-School Students in South Asia

Introduction Star Party, Sri Lanka is the Largest High-School level Astronomical event in Sri Lanka and it is organized annually by Anandian Astronomical Association and Astronomical Society of Mahamaya Girls'... Read More...

Feb 16

As temperatures rise Mercury Sets

by William Afonso

A Click of Planet Mercury onthe evening of Feb 12'th 2020 from Mudipu town in Mangalore , Karnataka South India. A Team of enthusiasts waited patiently to see the Planet... Read More...

Jan 02
2019

Jornadas de Astroturismo y Areas Naturales Protegidas

Días atrás, tuvimos el enorme privilegio de ser participes, y uno de los Coordinadores en las primeras jornadas de Astroturismo y Aéreas Naturales Protegidas, denominadas “Un Cielo Guaraní para contar”... Read More...

Jan 01
2019

407 Malaysian kids learn about Mars in Malaysia “Insight Mars landing” Junior Space Camp

(Photo : We learn about our home before we explore Mars) Kuala Lumpur 2018, Numbers of 407 Malaysia kids has been exposed with Nasa Insight Mars landing event end of... Read More...

Oct 04
2018

BEIJING ANCIENT OBSERVATORY - GABRIEL JAIMES

Greetings and Clear Skies! On October, 1st I had the opportunity to visit the Ancient Observatorie in Beijing, China. Declared as UNESCO world Astronomical Heritage, the observatory was built in... Read More...

Sep 22
2018

AWB SERBIA - ASTRONOMY QUIZ ON SEPTEMBER 15th 2018

Every 15th of the month, except in April, AWB is organizing a small quiz featuring 10 questions on a selected astronomical subject. On September 15 th , 2018, the 26th... Read More...

Sep 04
2018

Night of crying and flames until national museum of Brazil in Rio.

The National Museum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, consumed by a fire on Sunday night, has one of the largest collections of anthropology and natural history in the country -... Read More...

Aug 30
2018

Astronomy camp organized by Astroclubul Bucuresti at Naturhaus, Malinis, Brasov County, Romania

Astroclubul Bucuresti organized a successful astronomical expedition at a mountain retreat for the Perseid meteor shower event in August. The expedition took place between the 9 th and the 14... Read More...

Aug 24
2018

Perseids over Qatar

Perseid meteor passing through constellation Cassiopeia at sculpture East Meets West in Western Qatar, taken around midnight on 12-13th August. Image taken with Canon EOS60D, 25s, ISO800. Best regards, Dukhan... Read More...

Aug 15
2018

The amateur astronomers' hearts are beating faster here through the AWB-GAM project!

A quick review on Global Astronomy Month (GAM) in Pasargad region, Iran Part I: Introduction As much as people would be involved in participating, organizing, sharing and enjoying the... Read More...

Aug 13
2018

LUNAR ECLIPSE OBSERVATION - SAN AGUSTIN ASTRONOMY CLUB

Greetings and Clear Skies! On July 27, World event of a Lunar Eclipse, The Astronomy Club of San Agustín School developed an Observational activity where we focused on determining a... Read More...

Jul 30
2018

The Night We Observed The Longest Lunar Eclipse

As each year features at least two lunar eclipses, many of which are partial or penumbral where the moon grows slightly darker, the night of July the 27 th marked... Read More...

Jul 29
2018

Opposition of Mars

Even with the threat of storms in the forecast, we headed out to our observing site. The clouds stayed away so we could share with the public all the visible... Read More...

Jul 28
2018

PLANISPHERE CONSTRUCTION - SAN AGUSTÍN ASTRONOMY CLUB

Greetings to all! As a small experimentation project, the San Agustín Astronomy Club, developed a small experiment for the construction of academic material and astronomical observation, Construction of Planisphere The... Read More...

Jul 10
2018

My First Observation of Venus

by Aidan Kaminsky

On July 8th, 2018, I saw the planet Venus for the first time. Read More...

Jul 10
2018

SAN AGUSTÍN ASTRONOMY CLUB - COCHABAMBA, BOLIVIA

FORMATION OF THE SAN AGUSTÍN ASTRONOMY CLUB GLOBAL ASTRONOMY MONTH 2018 Greetings and Clear Skies! In this document I present a summary of experiences and details of the creation of... Read More...

Jul 02
2018

June Observations of the Moon

by Aidan Kaminsky

Weather was poor. Will try again to observe in New York. Read More...

Jun 24
2018

Public Star Party

I hosted a star party for the public on June 1st, 2018 for people in my community in Dubai, UAE. Like with any public event in Dubai, it was very... Read More...

Jun 22
2018

GAM 2018 at Școala Gimnazială ”Ion Țuculescu” Craiova, Romania

Our school students participated in activities under this event with the guidance of Prof. Golumbeanu Anamaria. Thus, school students attended a session of astronomical observation in the schoolyard on Monday,... Read More...

Jun 16
2018

AWB SERBIA - ASTRONOMY QUIZ ON JUNE 15th 2018

Every 15th of the month, except in April, AWB is organizing a small quiz featuring 10 questions on a selected astronomical subject. On May 15, 2018, the 24th quiz took... Read More...