It was a cloudy day — even a thunderstorm just before first contact was to occur. Then — a hole opened in the sky just at the right time. (See attached photos.) and we saw 75% of the sun obscured by the moon. We hosted more than 300 students, teachers, villagers, and local leaders at […]
Monthly Archives: February 2014
[nggallery id=25] Recently, A 12 inch Cave Cassegrain telescope made the first leg of its journey – traveling from Streamwood, IL to Racine, WI it logged 85 miles of its 8500 mile destination to Tanzania. The Scope will be the main instrument in a roll-off observatory being built as part of a Center for Science […]
The Ruehle’s write from Tanzania as the second week ends The first week ends: some photos of the training sessions
UNAWE Tanzania and Telescopes to Tanzania collaborate to promote Astronomy and Science Education in Tanzania We offer teacher workshops to develop inquiry and hands-on teaching models, We donate telescopes and other science material to schools, We work in schools for events like the 3 November Solar Eclipse, We create and translate materials from English into […]
As Astroproject waits for the monsoon season to pass to continue the production of the documentary series on astronomy in India, they have started a series of infographics called ‘Now You Know’. This series will consist of daily posts that share information and interesting facts about Astronomy and Astronomy research in India. This information shall soon […]