Event Reports
Discovering the Solar System (Observing Challenge)
Projects for the Keen–Eyed and Camera–Toting Observer During Global Astronomy Month (GAM), AWB shares a series of observing challenges, developed by John Goss and The Astronomical League for astronomy novices... Read More...
For Global Astronomy Month 2020 (4): Crisis Journal
My friends, for Global Astronomy Month, Even during a world tragedy, I respect the social distancing, But I keep close to astropoetry. (Andrei Dorian Gheorghe, March 21, 2020, individual celebration... Read More...
For Global Astronomy Month 2020 (3): Preamble - Spring Equinox (Sunset)
Author's Note: These equinox pictures were made in zones empty of people 5 days before the official restrictions of circulation in Romania. Read More...
For Global Astronomy Month 2020 (2): Preamble - Spring Equinox (Noon)
Author's Note: These equinox pictures were made in zones empty of people 5 days before the official restrictions of circulation in Romania. Read More...
For Global Astronomy Month 2020 (1): Preamble - Spring Equinox (Morning)
Author's Note: These equinox pictures were made in zones empty of people 5 days before the official restrictions of circulation in Romania. Read More...
COSMOPOETRY INTERNATIONALS XXIV
Astropoetry and Cosmopoetry again. I like to hear that, It's just my favorite refrain. In 1996 the Romanian Society for Meteors and Astronomy (SARM) began a long series of international... Read More...
Astropoetry Moments for Astronomy History (15): Between the Revolution of Earth and the Laws of the Planetary Motion
Galileo: When I said that the Earth moves, I disturbed The Inquisition's sector. Kepler: My colleague, be careful not to be swept By some radius vector. Read More...
In the Footsteps of Galileo (Observing Challenge)
Frances AzarenASTRONOMICAL LEAGUE Our Universe Its wonder, its beauty, its mystery www.astroleague.org During Global Astronomy Month (GAM), AWB shares a series of observing challenges, developed by John Goss and The Astronomical... Read More...
GAM Kickoff with National Coordinators from Kurdistan Region: Northern Iraq, Nigeria and Romania - Facebook Live
APRIL 1 17:00 UTC Join us on April 1st 17:00 UTC for our live GAM Kickoff event on Facebook hosted by Andrew Fazekas, the AWB Communications Manager. National Coordinators from... Read More...
How Can We Humans Be So Blind
This planet whereon we reside gave nature's bounty far and wide. We've seen our Mother Earth from space who barely shows her fragile face as Pale Blue Dot, sunbeam enshrined,... Read More...
Imagining Black Holes Through Art
In this AstroCrafts project, we are going to be experimenting with different acrylic painting methods to create a black hole painting. Black holes continue to mesmerize and mystify scientists. American... Read More...
April Sky Maps
Thank you to the Astronomical League and John Goss for providing the following April Sky Maps. Click on the link below the map to download a PDF version. Northern Hemisphere... Read More...
All Public Events of Aryabhatta Astronomy Club postponed till April 15 , 2020 due to COVID-19
All public gathering and social events of Aryabhatta Astronomy Club has been postponed till 15th April 2020. The Director of the club Dr.S.N.Bandyopahdyay stated " All our events are being... Read More...
About Adrian Bruno Sonka’s Patriotic Astronomy
The Bucharest Municipal Observatory (named after he who created it in 1910, Admiral Vasile Urseanu) was recently renovated (2014-2016) and redecorated by its team (coordinator Adrian Bruno Sonka, artist astronomer... Read More...
Astropoetry Moments for Astronomy History (14): 1801: Piazzi and the First Asteroid
Any discovery In astronomy Is something extraordinary, But initially Giuseppe Piazzi Was under stress: “What is this? A new light in vastness Called Ceres? Or just a boulder Above my... Read More...
AWB SERBIA - ASTRONOMY QUIZ ON MARCH 15th 2020
Every 15th of the month, except in April, AWB is organizing a small internet quiz featuring 10 questions on a selected astronomical subject. On March 15th, 2020, the 39th quiz... Read More...
Astropoetry Moments for Astronomy History (13): From “Musica Universalis” to “Harmonices Mundi”
Inspired by Pythagoras' “Musica Universalis (6th century BC), Kepler musically classified the planets In his “Harmonices Mundi” (17th century): Soprano Mercury, Alto Venus, Alto Earth, Tenor Mars, Bass Jupiter And... Read More...
