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Welcome
to GASPO's website!
GA SPO
has recieved a MEADE ETX 90 mm Telescope from Permission to Dream
Project of Space Frontier foundation based in California. With the help
of this telescope we conduct observation at 2 secondary schools in
Pokhara Nepal:
1- Nawa Prabhat Secondary School, Nayabazaar
2- Barahi Higher Secondary School, Parsyang
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Venus Transit 2004
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Kids' stories after observing the
celestial bodies
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School observations
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Photos
showing our observation programmes

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VENUS
TRANSIT 2004 |
Usually two transits of Venus occur within 8 years of one another; then, after a lapse of 105 or 122 years, another two transits occur within 8 years.
Venus
transit --last June
On 8th of June this
year Planet Venus was seen, as a small dot, in front of the sun --passing
through it.
The rare event was not
witnessed by human eyes in 122 years. The next transit will happen 8
years later and then not until 105 years. |
Activities
of GASPO
1-
Organize Star Watching Activities for School
Students and Community people with the help of telescope.
2-
Help school students and community people to compare
Eastern traditional knowledge on Astronomy (the so called Jyotish-Shastra)
with Modern Scientific Astronomical knowledge, and find the truth.
3- Documentation
of learning and impact of star observation activities and their wide
dissemination to general public through Media.
4- Identify
other star watcher Groups in Nepal, South Asia or elsewhere and develop
collaborative relationships.
5- Organise
workshops/ training on relevant issues as needed.
6- Establish
Astronomical Resource Centre in Pokhara. More
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Contact
Address:
Kedar P Badu, President, GASPO
Prem Marg 8/53, Simalchaur, Kaski District, POKHARA - 8, NEPAL
Tel: 00 977 1 4 382341 (Kedar)
E-mail: kedarbadu@yahoo.com
Universe Today - Space news from around the Internet, updated every weekday.
Skyline - Space news from Sudbury Astronomy Club, Canada, updated weekly.
Steve's Cool Scopes! - Reflector Telescopes from Stargazer Steve Dodson, Canada.
Heavens-Above.com
- Tracking the International Space Station- ISS.
Permission To Dream - Taking Astronomy to the Kids.
Nepali Astro Clubs - Amateur Astronomy Clubs in Nepal.
AOSNY - Amateur Observers Society, New York.
WAS-NZ - Wellington Astronomical Society, New Zealand.
SOHO - The Solar & Heliospheric Observatory.
ASTROMAG - The Astronomy Magazine.
Sky&Telescope - The Sky & Telescope Magazine.
Day's PIC - Astronomy Picture of the Day from NASA.
Picture Archieve - NASA Cool Picture Archieve.
HOU - Hands-On Universe-Internet Telescope.
ASTRONEPAL - GASPO's Astro Discussion Forum.
Chandra Observatory - NASA's Chandra Observatory.
JPL-NASA - NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory website.
Hubble Telescope - Space telescopes.
All-The-SKY - Digital Pics of Space.
GASPO's Previous Site - Previous Webpage of GASPO.
Messier - Messier catalogue.
Italiano - Signor Fabio Pacucci's webpage on GASPO.
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