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.
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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 [...]
The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) at Thiruvananthapuram today launched as many as 11 Rohini series of indigenous sounding rockets to investigate the effects of the annular solar eclipse on the atmosphere.
The longest annular eclipse of this millennium occurred today and was visible best from the southern tip of the country.
The Indian Space Research Organisation [...]
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 [...]
