I know that my blogging has undergone a significant hiatus lately, specially during the last year or so, as opposed to the period when I used to blog at IYA2009 SRI LANKA during IYA2009 and Beyond IYA2009. Well, that’s a different story though, as I was not so busy as I’ve been during the past 11 months,…
Apparently today afternoon (27th May) turned out to be bit different for Hanoians at least in terms of weather and nature. There was a short whoever towards the late afternoon and around 6pm a spectacular rainbow was visible spanning well over 90 degrees just close to the southeastern horizon. Luckily I managed to be outside…
I thought of publishing this post dedicated to the 7th International Meeting of Astronomy and Astronautics (IMAA) 2014, currently taking place (from 10th of April through 12th of April) in Campos dos Goytacazes in RJ, Brazil as organized by my Brazilian friends at Louis Cruls Astronomy Club. Having taken part at their 5th meeting, It is…
I guess I had to undergo a certain hiatus before publishing this post due to the university exams, that took place in March and the immediate plethora of reports that I was compelled to work on just afterwards. Nevertheless I bring herewith an account of my experience at 64th IAC held in Beijing, China last…
Last September in 2013, I took part in the 12th Space Generation Congress (SGC) and 64th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), both of which took place in Beijing, China, representing Sri Lanka as a delegate. Space Generation Congress is annually organized by Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) , in parallel to the International Astronautical Congress just…
Briefing The first Brazil – Sri Lanka Astronomy Hangout took place on the morning of 30th May 2013 (Sri Lankan local time) by means of Google Hangout as a Video Conference for members of the Astronomy & Space Study Center of Sri Lanka and members of the Louis Cruls Astronomy Club of Brazil. The…
Briefing The 6th International Meeting of Astronomy and Astronautics is scheduled to take place from 18th to 20th of April 2013 in Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The 3-day event will feature workshops, interactive mobile planetarium session, exhibitions, star parties as well as resourceful presentations on astronomy and astronautics delivered by participants from scientific community…
On 8th January 2013, I arrived in Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands, to take part in the 1st SPACE Retreat. It took me a couple of hours to find myself in the Tropical Park in Callao Salvaje where the 1st SPACE Retreat would be hosted. Upon arrival I had a warm welcome by Virgiliu…
On the morning of 06th of June 2012 Sri Lanka witnessed a rare event of the astronomy calendar, the transit of planet Venus over the solar disk. Provided the difference of the eccentricity and the deviation of the Venus’s orbit from those of the Earth, the alignment of these celestial bodies is rare and hence…
This was the most amazing bit of highlight that I’ve got at the moment. It is all about Fiami and his generosity. Yep, he send me a hard copy of his book « Lives of Galileo ». I received the English version during this Christmas week, and I was very delighted to have received it. I’m sure…
As many of you are aware, we went on an expedition to bring out a live webcast of the annular solar eclipse that took place on last 15th January 2010. The other priority of this eclipse expedition was to conduct an outreach campaign enabling as many peoples as possible to watch the eclipse with safe…