Participating Municipalities in Astrofest Tausa – 7 de mayo Sutatausa- 8 de mayo La Palma- 19 de julio Guachetá- 16 de agosto Cucunubá- 17 de agosto Agua de Dios- 21 de septiembre Chocontá- 20 y 21 de octubre Project website
Author Archives: Ram Venugopal
Communicating Astronomy with the Public conference (CAP) 2018 was held from March 24-28 in Fukuoka, Japan. More than 400 participants from 53 countries participated in one of the largest CAP conferences ever. The OAD was represented by Dr Wanda Diaz-Merced and Ramasamy Venugopal. Dr. Merced gave a keynote on “Human factors to foster equal participation” […]
Short videos on the work being done by Global Himalayan Expedition to electrify remote communities in the Himalayas in India. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crmgVU1QJ6Y[/embedyt] [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJzd6Hxnmzw[/embedyt]
After the success of the First Arab Winter School for astrophysics (FAWSA) on 2017 in Marrakech and the Second Arab Winter School for Astrophysics (AWSA-II) on 2018 in Ifrane, Morocco, we are pleased to announce the Third ArAS School for Astrophysics (ArAS SfA-3) that will be held in Beirut, Lebanon from 12 to 18 November 2018. Website: http://awsa.ar-as.org/sfa3/ Deadline: June 15, […]
The Cosmic Code: First Contact is a project that aims to introduce coding within an astronomy setting to the rural communities of Zululand (and beyond!). The CosCode programme includes introductory coding workshops using Scratch and Python, all run on Raspberry Pi’s. Various accessories and sensors were combined with the Raspberry Pi’s, allowing for a robotics’ […]