Event Reports

Oct 13
2019

Earth And Beyond

Astronomy has the power to instill a sense of wonder and joy in students and teachers. Let's learn from each other. Make a poster, presentation or write text for interesting... Read More...

Oct 11
2019

Unusual celebrations for "International Observe the Moon Night" and "World Space Week"

I was honorably interviewed by TVB informative program as special guest (the largest television broadcast in HK). Mostly I shared my sharing my adventurous experiences for astronomical observation and promoted... Read More...

Oct 11
2019

Summary InOMN Spain

Hello everybody !! InOMN activities in Spain have already been completed and we have again broken records: On October 5, the International Moon Observation Night (InOMN) was held, an annual... Read More...

Oct 11
2019

The Velvet Night

Black velvet, soft and fine. That sounds like a poet's line. Astronomers might get an unexpected treat with street light out they can take a peek. Power might go off... Read More...

Oct 11
2019

Engraved Cosmic Hourglass

The hollow hourglass runs its course as sands of time trickle on altering worlds in tour de force hither and thither and yon, to wit, by a number of means... Read More...

Oct 10
2019

The Big Eye

A picture worthy of a frame. The Moon is never the same. With my big eye on the sky, I took a picture of that guy. Floating free in the... Read More...

Oct 10
2019

Hit Again

Someone said duck, it's coming in. The earth has been hit yet again. It was July 24, this year my friend, when the earth got hit yet again. Over Canada,... Read More...

Oct 10
2019

Astrotreasures in Romania (15)

In the 1st millennium BC the Geto-Dacians (ancestors of the Romanians) created their main spiritual centre at Sarmizegetusa Regia. In the 1st century AC King Decebalus moved his Capital right... Read More...

Oct 08
2019

InOMN 2019

On the night of October 5, 2019 the Manila Street Astronomers community conducted several event setups for the International Observe the Moon Night. The group conducted lectures and free telescope... Read More...

Oct 08
2019

How an Amateur Astrophile and Astronomer Made Her First Step Towards Space Observation

by Bhagyashree Singh

On 5th October 2019, it was the 5th edition of International Moon Observing Day. Although for the world it was the 5th one, it was the first ever observing day... Read More...

Oct 06
2019

International Observe The moon Night 2019 in Erbil, Iraq

Hosted by the International Maarif Schools in Erbil, AOYA has invited the public to attend a night dedicated to observing the moon on Saturday, October 5th. This event was precceded... Read More...

Oct 06
2019

InOMN2019 Goias it was a success.

Acting in worldwide engagement during World Space Week and in conjunction with the International Moon Observation Night, and in solemnity to the 50th anniversary of the Apollo missions and 100... Read More...

Oct 06
2019

First InOMN-Event in Austria

I am happy to tell that we startet this year our first InOMN Event here in Linz at our little public observatory of our astronomy association - Kepler Sternwarte Linz... Read More...

Oct 06
2019

Retrun To AWB through InOMN 2019

Very long time spent after our last activity in AWB as (Amaterur Astronomers Association of Kurdistan - AAAK) thats due to a very bad security and military circumastances in our... Read More...

Oct 04
2019

Physics Students Conduct an Experiment at the Observatory

by Kai Staats

AWB Update - September 28 at 10:26 PM Zacharia shares the following, "This week, the Ailanga Form 3 and 4 physics teacher asked me help him find a video... Read More...

Oct 04
2019

Successful Third Drift Test at the Observatory

by Kai Staats

AWB Update - September 28, 2019 at 9:30 PM Last night MMAO Astronomy Ambassadors Zacharia Mjungu and Pendael Nassary were successful in conducting a third drift test, this time noting... Read More...

Oct 04
2019

Saturn

I went out the other night, looking south I saw a light. Somehow, it seemed out of place, but all light are there by God's grace. This star in Scorpius... Read More...

Oct 04
2019

Big Round Moon

Big round Moon, shining bright. For eons we have bathed in your light. And now that we are walking upright, We have created our very own light. The nights are... Read More...

Oct 02
2019

Astrotreasures in Romania (14)

Mircea the Elder ruled the Romanian Land of Wallachia in between 1386 and 1418. His resistance against the Ottoman expansion to Europe marked his country's destiny for a few centuries:... Read More...