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Maldives Science Society holds a stargazing session at Thaajudhdheen School

Science Maldives — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:40:24 +0000

The Maldives Science Society has held a stargazing event for the students of Thaajudhdheen School’s science club. The event was held at Thaajudhdheen premises at 7 pm on 28 February 2010 and was attended by some 150 students. The event was held as a response to an eager request from Thaajudhdheen School and was organized jointly by the Maldives Science Society and Thaajudhdheen School. The event revolved around a powerful telescope which gave the students a chance to see up close the Moon and some planets of the Solar System. During a Q&A session, a British mathematician and scientist, Thomas Goodey, also answered questions raised by the students.

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Maldives Science Society hosts ‘STARGAZE with Astronomers Without Borders’

Science Maldives — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:33:32 +0000

Thomas Goodey, Mathematician and scientist.

The Maldives Science Society has held a stargazing event especially aimed at school students titled ‘STARGAZE with Astronomers Without Borders’. The event which was held on 18 February 2010 at Lale International School in Hulhumale’ was attended by a significant number of students from 11 schools. The event was held in affiliation with Astronomers Without Borders and was co-hosted by Lale International School.

Thomas Goodey handing over a Galileoscope to a school student.

The event was marked by the Maldives Science Society’s donation of 11 Galileoscopes to 11 schools. The donations were handed out by the British mathematician and scientist Thomas Goodey who had been staying in the Maldives since a few days before the 2010 annular solar eclipse _ he was a key figure in the pendulum experiments conducted in the Maldives in connection with the eclipse. In the event Thomas Goodey also briefed the students on aspects of astronomy _ its origins and evolution _ and the use of telescopes. He also commented on our propitious location straddling the equator and how this contributes towards stargazing and other projects relating to astronomy. The Maldives Science Society’s screening of the science documentary ‘Eyes on the Sky‘ and the Maldives Open Source Society’s demonstration of the astronomy software ‘Stellarium‘ were also key highlights of the event.

The stargazing session which was cancelled due to unfavorable weather conditions and which was originally planned to be a part of the event is now scheduled to take place in the new future. The Maldives Science Society says this will give students a chance to see celestial objects and phenomena up close.

STARGAZE, with Astronomers without borders

Science Maldives — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:43:39 +0000

The Maldives Science Society in collaboration with Lale Youth International School is organizing an astronomical event with the title STARGAZE, with Astronomers without borders. The event is planned to be held on 18 February 2010 in the paved area to the North of the Hulhumale’ Ferry Terminal. A major highlight of the event will be the donation of Galileo-scopes [telescopes] to 11 schools.

The main objective of STARGAZE, with Astronomers without borders is to create interest towards Astronomy amongst the youth and school children and to demonstrate how to use telescopes to view stars and other objects in space.

During the event, an astronomical researcher from the UK Thomas Goodey will make presentations to those present and students and visitors will also have a chance to view the stars and other objects with a computer controlled telescope.

The Maldives Open Source Society’s demonstration of how to use the open-source software ‘Stellarium‘ will also be a key highlight of the event. The event is to continue on the following day [19 February 2010] as well.

On both days the event will start at 7:00pm and end at 11:00pm.

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"STARGAZE, with astronomers without borders" event location on google maps

UPDATE:

“STARGAZE with astronomers without borders” location has been changed to Lale international school due to unexpected bad weather.

Programs will continue as we planned except the stargazing with the telescope. If the weather is good enough at the time of event we will try to arrange viewing at least some celestial objects in the sky.

Date: 18th Feb 2010
Time: 1900hrs to 2100hrs. (changed)

Screening of “Home” documentry.

Science Maldives — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:43:36 +0000

Home is a documentry about the state of the Earth, its climate and how we as the dominant species have long-term repercussions on its future.The film is almost entirely composed of aerial shots of various places on Earth. It shows the diversity of life on Earth and how humanity is threatening the ecological balance of the planet.

Location: Near Lonuziyarai kolhu
Time: 2130 to 2300 on 5th and 6th of September

Full documentary at Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqxENMKaeCU