Recently I was back in Sri Lanka for a short stay of about a fortnight and was able to visit the historic Molesworth Telescope. As usual the telescope was found installed with its dome in the grounds of the University of Colombo and was under the custody of Mathematical & Astronomical Society (MAS) of University…
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 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 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…
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…
Finally, I made it to Campos, RJ, Brazil last Monday and now we’re the beginning of the 5th Meeting on Astronomy and Astronautics. Actually it;s supposed to get started in a few hours time and I will remind you the schedule for today.Day 1 – April 19th – Dia 19 de abril Shopping Boulevard –…
It’s always been a pleasant experience cherishing past memories with great happenings. Even now, just a month and a week later, I can be happy going though my own flashback of 5th International Meeting on Astronomy and Astronautics held in Brazil. Blogging requires to be specific sometimes and in this post I will recall about…
I’m creating this blog post to share some of the reflections of my visit to Iceland last month (February 2013). In fact the main reason behind my visit to Iceland was to see the northern lights, aka aurora borealis. Ever since I’d heard of them and seen them in pictures and internet with breathtaking time…