Project report The widespread interest in astronomy can be tapped not only to increase knowledge but also to illuminate the nature of science with the interdisciplinary nature of astronomy and its natural links with technology and instrumentation. The tutorial Astrolab has been developed in that context. It allows undergraduate students …
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Between May 28 to June 10, 2018, the project will conduct, on different islands of Cape Verde, educational and cultural activities related to astronomy, such as courses for teachers, sessions for students and public observations of the sky and the sun. Starry Nights in Cape Verde – Astronomy in the …
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Documentary by Al Jazeera on the Travelling Telescope project
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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 …
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Girls Astronomy Camp Obasanjo Space Centre, National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) campus, Abuja, Nigeria 28th April, 2018 An astronomy awareness day is being held as part of the project ‘Girls Astronomy Camp’ in Abuja, Nigeria, supported by the OAD. Fifty young girls are being selected to participate in …
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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 …
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Astrolab Tutors Training 18-22 June 2018 University of Zululand Physics and Engineering Department 3886, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa Application link: http://www.unizulu.ac.za/astrolab_application_form/ Deadline: March 31, 2018 More information: http://www.unizulu.ac.za/astrolab-background/ The widespread interest in astronomy can be tapped not only to increase knowledge but also to illuminate the nature of science with the interdisciplinary nature …
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The project received substantial financial support from the University of Namibia Department of Physics which was used towards the purchase of a camera system for the telescope, as described in the project. The project team then invited experts from South Africa to help set-up the system after it had finally …
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Madagascar Astronomy Python Workshop (MadaAstroPy) was a Python programming workshop for scientific postgraduate students in the field of physics / mathematics / engineering and particularly targeted for astrophysics students in Antananarivo, Madagascar for the first time. The workshop was held at the Institute & Observatory of Geophysics in Antananarivo (IOGA) within …
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