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Communicating Astronomy with the Public (CAP 2018) Goes to Japan
By Lina Canas, on behalf of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) In 2018, the city of Fukuoka, in Japan, will host the largest conference in Astronomy Communication - the Communicating Astronomy with the Public (CAP) Conference , from 24 to 28 March 2018. Image I - The organisation has chosen 24 to 28, March 2018 as the dates for the conference, hoping to provide the full Japanese cherry blossom experience to all CAP 2018 participants. CAP Conference series are organised by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), through Commission 2 - Communicating Astronomy with the Public . The IAU has more...
Solar Telescope on the Turquoise Coast
By Ajay Talwar No I am not talking about the thousand kilometres of azure coloured sea coast in the Mediterranean Turkey, but a small lakeside coastline in the Himalayas. The water's wonderfully clear showing multi-coloured pebbles at the bottom. The water shows different shades of turquoise, aquamarine, cerulean and many other blue hues during the afternoon when the Sun is high. The water turns into brown hues reflecting the surrounding mountains in the evenings. You could spend an entire lazy day watching the Pangong Tso waters change colours by the hour. The brackish, salty Pangong is the highest lake in...
An Inclusive GAM 2017
By Amelia Ortiz-Gil, Lina Canas & Thilina Heenatigala A moon model in 3D with tactile features, high contrast text and braille letters. As you probably know already, the G in GAM stands for Global, meaning everywhere but also everybody. And this year we would like to encourage and help all of you who are organizing events and activities to address them truly to everybody. All of us are different, but have many things in common, and one of them is the awe that we feel when contemplating or talking about the Universe. The night sky is a gift of nature...
Astronomy for peace: The Columba-Hypatia project
By Eva Ntormousi To make the constellation of Columba, the Dutch astronomer Petrus Plancius had to tame one of Orion's large celestial hunting dogs, the constellation of Canis Major. He chopped off three stars from its tail, and named the new constellation “Dove”, in reference to the bird that brought Noah an olive branch, and hope, after the cataclysm. This small, understated constellation is a symbol of safety after a catastrophe, and survives in popular traditions as synonymous with peace. Like this inconspicuous constellation, a small outreach initiative with the same name shines in the Southeast Mediterranean: A collaboration between...
Boundary Conditions
By Tom Gordon How do you say it? 'Sorry humanity, we didn't find ET.' 'We are unique and we'll never know why.' After centuries of looking for other life forms in our universe, we've accepted that being alone is a strong possibility. However it's still not an easy thing to have to admit. Now we are minutes away after 100's of years of searching, to having to accept the most depressing answer to the question - ...are we alone in the universe? Data from one of SETI's (the search for extraterrestrial intelligence) many projects will be arriving from satellites around...
