AASTRO Thrissur District Chapter will have its first get together on Monday,19th April at KSSP Parisara Kendram,Thrissur by 4 o’clock in the evening. Astronomy enthusiasts and science popularization activists will take part in the meet.Thrissur district chapter will frame activities and programmes for the coming days and will have discussion [...]
Kottarakkara,Feb.09 : AASTRO Kollam district chapter is now ready for its activities throughout the district after its first meeting at DIET Kottarakkara on Feb 09th.The core committee for its activities formed in the meeting in which around 50 members participated representing various Colleges,Schools,SSA,KSSP and other bodies in the district.
AASTRO KOllam Chapter Meet
AASTRO will soon have [...]
Thiruvananthapuram:AASTRO organised one day training for teachers from schools in and around city on January 11th in connection with Kazcha-2010,the eclipse watching mega event.Around 200 teachers from 100 schools partcipated in the workshop.Hon.Mayor Shri Jayan Babu inaugurated the workshop.AASTRO resource persons like Prof.K.Pappootty.Dr.C.P.Aravindakshan,Shri.KrishnaWarrier,Shri K.P.Sreenivasan conducted different sessions on various topics.Booklets were also distributed.
200 [...]
Thiruvananthapuram : AASTRO arranged facilities for public for watching the last lunar eclipse on Dec.31st 2009 at Central Stadium.Large no.of People,especially families, turned up with extreme enthusiasm for the upcoming solar eclipse and other activities on astronomy had a wonderful new year night.AASTRO volunteers Dr.C.P.Aravindakshan,
Large no.of families and children turned for the Partial [...]
Prof.Dr.Susanne Huttmeister,Director,Zeiss Planetarium,Germany is addressing the audience during the inaugural function
Prof.K.Pappootty,President,AASTRO Kerala giving presidential address
Amatuer Astronomers Organisation,AASTRO Kerala is now the youngest amateur astronomy organization in the world: The German eclipse expedition team was invited to formally launch it on 14 January in Trivandrum.Daniel Fischer,Science Writer and International Astronomical Union Member from [...]
Eclipse picture from Thiruvananthapuram,where the eclipse was 94%
Solar eclipse, whose visibility was long and clear in Kerala, turned out to be a “solar festival” not only for scientists but also for the people at large.A large number of people including children turned up to witness the rare spectacle of the century across the [...]
