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Posted By Marianne on Tuesday, 14 May 2013.

original music and video

Sharing my new original music video.

Lots of NASA photos in it.

The video and music together present the idea of space exploration and intellectual inquiry as a form of love.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfnRJ5Y8Rd0

Posted By Johnson Bohórquez on Saturday, 11 May 2013.

How was observed it

For this event I used a welding filter a binoculars and a digital camera Samsung (no profesional).

To antisipate the ubicasion of Venus' eclipse I use the Stellarium software to facilitate direct observation, as to the exact time at which the eclipse began and the location of Venus in from the Sun. Although to be seen with the naked eye of couse usins the welding filter to prevent...

Posted By Julio Vannini on Thursday, 09 May 2013.

A brief report

Hello dear and good astro-friends. This is a brief report for GAM 2013 activities in Nicaragua, a country located in Central America.

This activities were made possible with the participation of the Nicaraguan Amateur Astronomers Society, ANASA-Carl Sagan; and the newly inaugurated Neil Armstrong Observatory, ONA. (Website still pending,...

Posted By Douglas Borcoman on Saturday, 27 April 2013.

I'll be connecting some students to the Night Sky tonight on USTREAM:

Posted By Ali MaGiC on Saturday, 27 April 2013.

Our first GAM in Marrakech (Frensh text) ^^

Finalement, on a réussi à organiser notre premier GAM à Marrakech en faisant intégrer l'Association 3AM et le Centre Astronomique AGM dans le Projet GAM 2013. Et célébrer...

Posted By Sarah Abotsi-Masters on Tuesday, 23 April 2013.

Or should it be No-Sun-Day?!

The aim of this event on Saturday 20th April was to celebrate and learn about our nearest star, the Sun, and we had a variety of sun-related hands-on activities planned, including...

Posted By Soheil Salimi on Thursday, 18 April 2013.

Global Astronomy Month 2013

Sa’adat Shahr is the capital of Pasargad County, located close to Pasargad World Heritage, Fars Province, Iran. Many wedding ceremonies end with star party and telescopic observation in Sa’adat Shahr. Some taxis, doctors,...

Posted By Soheil Salimi on Saturday, 13 April 2013.

Global Astronomy Month 2013

After GAM2012 and holding some educational astronomy programs at rural regions of Iran, as Executive Director at “Astronomical Society of Pasargad Sky”, I decided to invite other students and people of my community to be a part of motto of AWB “One People, One Sky”

Soheil

Posted By Damon Cawley on Friday, 12 April 2013.

an adventure in science for teenagers

Please join us for at this year’s Summer Space Camp at Northern Skies Observatory...

Posted By Sarah Abotsi-Masters on Tuesday, 09 April 2013.

"Stars, Constellations and Light Pollution"

We launched Global Astronomy Month at the Ghana Planetarium on Saturday 6th April. Since this coincided with the Globe at Night campaign and International Dark Sky week, we made the theme of our event “Stars, Constellations and Light Pollution”. 

A good turnout of around 50 learned about constellations, their apparent...

Posted By Raoul on Sunday, 07 April 2013.

Journée découverte de l'astronomie & GAM

Hello,

Saturday april 6 2013, the Club s'Astronomie d'Ottignies Louavain-la-Neuve (presided by Ashraf Niaz) and the Astroclub Véga (Raoul being it's president) joined forces at Louvain-la-Neuve from 2 PM till 10 PM to show the Sun with various filters and Jupiter after sunset. We had clouds until after 5 PM and could finally show the Sun and later Jupiter and Orion to the visitors....

Posted By Denis E. Peixoto on Saturday, 06 April 2013.

Oficina

Nos dias 23 e 24 ministraremos oficinas didáticas de Astronomia para cursos de graduação em Pedagogia de uma Universidade Estadual de Araraquara-SP com a intenção de fornecer subsídios para que os futuros professores trabalhem o assunto em sala de aula.

Na noite do dia 23 realizaremos, com os mesmo, uma star party com cerca de 4 telescópios.

Abraços

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Posted By Robert McTague on Sunday, 31 March 2013.

Exhibition and events April – May 2013

While this exhibition is on at the South Canterbury Museum, there will be several
events held which are open to the public. Some are free while others require a gold coin donation.
For any further details, contact the South Canterbury Museum on (03) 687 7212 or email museum@timdc.govt.nz

Posted By Diego de Bastiani on Friday, 29 March 2013.

A terceira edição do Mês Global da Astronomia esta repleta de noites de observação. O mês de abril será movimentado para todos os astrônomos amadores, grupos de astronomias e entusiastas. Este evento tem como objetivo levar a astronomia cada vez mais próxima das pessoas, proporcionando a disseminação dessa ciência que encanta pessoas do mundo todo. Abaixo segue a programação e...

Posted By Diego de Bastiani on Friday, 29 March 2013.

MÊS GLOBAL DA ASTRONOMIA 2013 (Global Astronomy Month- GAM) Em abril de 2013, o Mês Global da Astronomia (GAM – Global Astronomy Month) movimentará astrônomos amadores, clubes, centro de ciência e sociedade em geral em noites de observação e eventos realizados em todo mundo. No ano de 2013, o evento organizado pelos Astrônomos Sem Fronteiras (www.astronomerswithoutborders.org)...