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CharlesTK January 2, 2021January 2, 2021

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The University is looking for qualified and experienced individual for the below stated position.The position is tenable at the BIUST…

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Cosmic beasts and where to find them

Gigantic galaxies discovered with the MeerKAT telescope Two giant radio galaxies have been discovered with South Africa's powerful MeerKAT telescope.…

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Covered in this issue: AfAS Support of the OAD Extraordinary Call for COVID-19 related ProposalsReports from campaigns, meetings and events (Annular Solar Eclipse…

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Call for nominations to Outreach Committee

The African Astronomical Society (AfAS) is a pan-African professional society of astronomers, with multiple committees set up to implement its…

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Solar Eclipse 2020

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AfAS press release on the eclipse

Introduction to solar eclipses
Annular Solar Eclipses
Why are eclipses rare events
21 June 2020 eclipse – where and when
Table of eclipse timings
Protection and safety
Safe eclipse viewing: the pin-hole
Easy pin-hole methods to view the eclipse
Telescope projection and eclipse glasses
Upcoming solar eclipses
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The call for a Pan-African professional society of astronomers goes back several years. In 2008 both Peter Martinez (South Africa) and Pius Okeke (Nigeria) published articles on ways to develop astronomy in Africa, the latter specifically calling for the formation of a Pan-African African Astronomical Society…READ MORE

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