As the most recent addition to the IAU’s Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD), I’ve a lot to live up to. Just read the previous posts on this blog to get some idea. No pressure! But, let me introduce myself. I’m Vanessa McBride, Astronomer at the OAD since January 2017. For me the night sky has always evoked […]
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Final Report in PDF Handbook for the kit (in Spanish). Please contact us if you are interested in translating the handbook. For enquiries on the kit or if you are interested in creating your own kit, please email us at info@astro4dev.org Astronomy with all senses, is a traveling exhibition specially designs for people with physical […]
Mozambique lacks highly qualified astronomers and astrophysics as well as a scientific culture in the subject. To minimize these shortcomings and foster interest on the subject among young university students we organised thee activities as described in the OAD proposal. JEDI – MZ 1. Country of workshop: Mozambique 2. City/Location: Praia do Bilene – Tenda Tora 3. […]
Report of the Astrolab project for the period July 2015 – June 2016 Michèle Gerbaldi and Jean-Pierre De Greve The 5th EAAS workshop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 29 June – 1 July 2015: Simpemba, Copperbelt University, Zambia, gave a presentation on ‘Experiences of the Starlight in the university lab’. The planned training sessions of M. […]
A report on the Regional Astronomy Workshop on Astronomy Data Analysis School 07 – 18 November 2016 Copperbelt University (CBU), Kitwe – Zambia At Copperbelt University, (CBU, Kitwe – Zambia), the students in Pure Physics and Physics with Education have an Introductory Astronomy course as compulsory at second year of their programme. For the Physics […]