Africa Astrophysical Research and Observation

ASN and its communities are helping African formal and informal education communities to access some of the best robotic telescopes in the world. So far we got participants from Ethiopia, Senegal and USA. African student here is defined as a person who is interested in astronomy. If you or your colleagues wish to participate in astrophotography, radio astronomy, astronomy and the All African Student Asteroid Search , you are invited to join. (Contact: Dr. Abebe Kebede, abkebede@gmail.com)

Saturday, February 14, 2009

NGC2419-by Selam Getachew

This is NGC 2419-Open Cluster. Selam Getachew (Addis Ababa ) too this picture using the AU-E180 Telecope operated by Tzec Maun Observatory.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

NGC 3031 (M81): Jocelyn White

A giant spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. M81 (NG 2031 (3031) is the brightest and probably dominant member of the M81 group, the second nearest galaxy group to the Local Group.
Discovered by Johan Bode in 1774, and sometimes referred to as Bode’s Nebula, M81 is one of the easiest and most rewarding galaxies for amateur astronomers in the northern hemisphere and, under exceptional seeing conditions, has even been glimpsed with the naked eye. (Read More)