Event Reports
The Reunion Island
Raoul LannoyHi, Last month, I was for 12 days at the Reunion Island in The Indian Ocean, 21 degrees below the equator and 800 km east of Madagascar....My first trip in... Read More...
Activities of Ghana Astronomy and Observation Association (GAOA)
Sarah Abotsi-MastersPlease see below an account of the activities organised by GAOA for Global Astronomy Month 2010, at the Ghana Planetarium. (Sorry, no photos!) “Moon Watch” - Saturday 24 th April... Read More...
AWB-Car meets ASTER (Erciyes University Astronomy Club)
On 24.5.2010 we arrived at Kayseri and visited the Erciyes University. Dr. Ferhart Fikri Özeren welcomed us very warming and open-hearted. After a first visit of the institute and the radiotelescope (12m-dish) we... Read More...
GAM 2010 – A Triumph for Astropoetry
Mike SimmonsAlong with Bob Eklund's Astropoetry Blog, two other major astropoetic initiatives accompanied GAM 2010: 1. The regular American magazine Astropoetica (edited since 2003 by Emily Gaskin) celebrated GAM in its... Read More...
Irish Children on the Carina Nebula
On Friday April 30, Deirdre Kelleghan and the Hubble 20th Anniversary print visited Jane Ahern's 4 th class at St Brigids National School in Greystones Co, Wicklow, Ireland. Deirdre was... Read More...
A New Form of Energy
Mike SimmonsThousands of lights twinkled, not above me but below, as I descended into Los Angeles on April 4 of last year. The 24-hour Global Star Party of IYA2009's 100 Hours... Read More...
SAAA-AWB Starparty & Lecture in Damascus/Syria
On 29.4.2010 I arrived withe my AWB-CAR in Damsacus where Dr. Firas Safadi has perfectly organised the SAAA-AWB -Starparty. I had the opportunity to speak to a big auditorium and he translated to arabic... Read More...
Three Famous Astropoems From the 19th Century
Mike SimmonsOne of the most famous astropoems in the U.K. is: TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR by Jane Taylor (1806) Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are. Up above... Read More...
A Few of My Favorite Moons
On Global Astronomy Night, April 24, I hosted a star party in Los Angeles where we had a perfectly clear sky, nine telescopes, and a congregation of about 200 neighbors... Read More...
A Few of My Favorite Moons
Liz SandersOn Global Astronomy Night, April 24, I hosted a star party in Los Angeles where we had a perfectly clear sky, nine telescopes, and a congregation of about 200 neighbors... Read More...
What I see in the Sky
I suppose you could say that I am a dreamer, when I'm not selling Lake Tahoe Vacation Rentals I am staring at the sky and just wondering what's out there Read More...
Hubble 20th Anniversary Image Visits a school in Greystones Ireland
The Hubble Space Telescope is one of mankind's greatest achievements towards the answer to the questions Who are we? and where did we come from? The Hubble is 20 th... Read More...
Professor Ronald Buta at Dunsink Observatory Ireland
Professor Ronald Buta delivered an exceptional talk on spiral galaxies during his visit to Dunsink Observatory in Dublin as part of Global Astronomy Month. The audience of amateur astronomers also... Read More...
Midlands Astronomy Club Moon Watch Ireland
MAC also hosted a Moon Watch on April 24th in the town of Athy. Members Declan Molloy and Seanie Morris attempted to bring the Moon up close and personal, but... Read More...
Midlands Astronomy Club COSMOS 2010 Ireland
The Midlands Astronomy Club (MAC) in the heart of Ireland held its 18th annual COSMOS 2010 Star Party on April 9th to 11th. Visitors from around Ireland descended on Tullamore... Read More...
Hands on activities saved the day!
Astronomy Day and Global Star Party at Astronomical Society of Northern New England On April 24th Astronomical Society of Northern New England in Kennebunk, Maine celebrated Astronomy Day and held... Read More...
Two Days of GAM on a Maine Island
On April 11th,Joan Chamberlin, Kerry Kertes, and Ron Thompson from Southern Maine Astronomers and Brian Stephenson, a senior astronomy student from Cape Elizabeth High School, boarded a ferry for North... Read More...
Global Star Party at Fernelmont,Belgium
Saturday april 24th, at Fernelmont , Belgium (about 30 km from Namur), we were 3 astronomy clubs to show the heavens to the public: Astronamur (Namur), Astrovega (Gembloux) and CAO... Read More...
Last event of GAM in Ranya district, Iraq
AGAIN…WE DON'T SAY GOOD BYE April, 24.2010 It is passed away so fast, as IYA2009, but definitely it left behind wonderful memories to talk and tell about for a long... Read More...
