SAAA-AWB Starparty & Lecture in Damascus/Syria

On 29.4.2010 I arrived withe my AWB-CAR in Damsacus where Dr. Firas Safadi has perfectly organised the SAAA-AWB -Starparty. I had the opportunity to speak to a big auditorium and he translated to arabic language.
I told about the mission of AWB and made a invitation to SAAA (Syrian Amateur Astronomer Association) to join AWB. I made a little present  ( a limited edition Austrian poststamp containing real meteorit dust in its print) to Mohammed Al-Assiri the president of SAAA. At our location about 20 km south of Damascus we had some telescopes and made some observations of planets.
At time I am in Jordan doing some astropics and astronomy on the fly. Everywhere people are very interested and my little solarscope is always a good "conversationstarter" to come in contact with the local people.

Photos in the full article.

Johannes Stübler

On my right hand Dr. Firas Safadi and on my left hand Eng. Mohammed Al-Assiri

Here a picture of my local auditorium