In previous years an initiation to research project was developed for African science students starting an astronomy course, under the name of “ËœStarlight in the University Lab: Astrolab’. Three pilots were started, resp. in Rwanda, Nigeria and Zambia. We propose an extension of Astrolab to three or more universities, with several improvements: all necessary software is open source and freely available, all activities are extensively documented in step-by-step procedures, additional instruction will be given by one of the pilot members.
