2017 Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/2017/ Astronomy for a better world! Tue, 23 Oct 2018 15:19:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://astro4dev.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-03_OAD_symbol_colour_2-32x32.jpg 2017 Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/2017/ 32 32 Final report https://astro4dev.org/final-report-33/ Tue, 23 Oct 2018 15:19:07 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=17833 The West African International Summer School for Young Astronomers (WAISSYA) is an innovative short course in astronomy for West African university students that is designed and taught by a global collaboration of astronomers using educational research principles. The school is designed to give West African science students the opportunity to further develop their interest in [...]

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]]> Final report https://astro4dev.org/final-report-31/ Fri, 17 Aug 2018 06:36:31 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=17606 “Columba-Hypatia: Astronomy for Peace” is a joint astronomy outreach project by GalileoMobile and the Association for Historical Dialogue and Research (AHDR) which takes place on the island of Cyprus. The project aims to inspire young people, through astronomy, to be curious about science and the cosmos, while also using astronomy as a tool for promoting [...]

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]]> update: Final report https://astro4dev.org/update-final-report-2/ Mon, 06 Aug 2018 05:28:37 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=17598 Final Project Report

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]]> update: Final report https://astro4dev.org/guasa2017-final-report/ Thu, 02 Aug 2018 04:47:21 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=17594 The third GUAtemalan School of Astrophysics (GUASA) was held in Guatemala City and it was on Compact Objects under the motto: Compact Objects: Neutron Stars, White Dwarfs and Black Holes. The school aimed to bring together local Central American/Caribbean undergraduate students of physics /mathematics /engineering, with experts from prestigious astronomical institutions from around the world. [...]

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]]> update: Final report https://astro4dev.org/update-final-report/ Wed, 01 Aug 2018 05:55:36 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=17589 The project created a physical simulator that demonstrates the effects of light pollution on the starry sky and the difference that well-designed lighting can make. The simulator consists of a LED-based model board simulating the starry sky and several LED model light fixtures. The board simulates the night sky using LED’s of variable brightness, simulating [...]

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]]> update: Final report https://astro4dev.org/17578/ Mon, 30 Jul 2018 12:09:22 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=17578 The educational system of Myanmar is government-operated. There are 158 Universities in total under the management of Ministry of Education. There are three types of Universities, the Arts and Science Universities including our University (Mandalay University), University of Computer Science and Technological Universities. Role of Astronomy Education in Myanmar Universities has diminished for decades due [...]

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]]> update: short report https://astro4dev.org/update-short-report/ Mon, 30 Jul 2018 09:55:17 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=17570 The HASC project aims to deploy an All Sky Camera in Haiti and set up a collaboration between the University of Maryland and a number of higher ed institutions in Haiti. Students from Maryland and Haiti collaborate via github to understand aspects of the data taken with such a camera. In modern parlor: A Time [...]

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]]> Final report https://astro4dev.org/final-report-30/ Mon, 30 Jul 2018 06:47:14 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=17564 The Astronomy Winter School in India, or Astrowin, was held in Hyderabad, India, on February 20-23, 2017. This was the second in a series of schools, the first of which was held in February 2016, in Agra, India. The Astrowin events are actually a combination training school for Bachelors and Masters degree level students, a [...]

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]]> Final report https://astro4dev.org/final-report-barista/ Thu, 10 May 2018 07:53:23 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=17346 The result of social innovation is all around us. There are signs that social innovations are becoming more and more important. We are submerged by a tsunami of Big Data and data driven innovations. Big Data have been put into practice to help solve social problems. However, small emerging countries in this field are always [...]

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]]> update: Coding workshops https://astro4dev.org/update-coding-workshops/ Thu, 15 Mar 2018 10:09:05 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=17228 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’ [...]

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