by Kodai Fukushima Affiliation: Hosei University, NAOJ star party staff Keywords: Earthquake, Stargazing, Disaster relief Summary The Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11th, 2011 wreaked enormous damage on Japan. I took part in the disaster relief activities that followed. Doing so, I realized that stars‐studded in the sky without town lights were very impressive. […]
Monthly Archives: February 2013
by OAD intern Maya Barlev, March 19th, 2013 “I began working at the OAD in early January 2013, after meeting Kevin and seeing the office for the first time in late December. Over the course of my three months with the office, the OAD guided me not just practically, but also mentored me on a […]
[nggallery id=3] Seven o’clock in the morning, Saturday 6th April, and we were on the road headed for Bela Bela and the Forever Warmbaths Resort, Limpopo’s version of a mini-Durban in our land-locked Province. This was our second IAU/OAD event for Limpopo Astronomy and the Soutpansberg Astronomy Club. After a truly cold front passing […]
[nggallery id=7] Friday 29th March dawned with an auspicious start to the first 2013 Public Astronomy Outreach for Limpopo Astronomy and the Soutpansberg Club with overcast conditions and a light drizzle in Makhado (Louis Trichardt). One hundred kilometers south, at The Mall of the North in Polokwane, there was no rain, but the sky […]
This morning, the close flyby of Asteroid 2012 DA 14 was reported on the Expresso show.