Yesterday (21st July 2009) was such an important day especially for the Astronomical Association of Ananda College, Colombo 10. This was due to few important facts. The first was that the felicitation ceremony for 2 elite old boys of Anandian Astronomical Association, who were to go to USA for higher studies. Namely the duo, Sachith [...]

With a good preparation for the Olympiads, I had also applied for the both Olympiads this year. Since the both Olympiads were scheduled to be held on the 18th July, yesterday I went to the premises of the Physics Department of the University of Colombo. This year there was a considerable participation for the Physics [...]

In this blog post I’ll provide you guys the rest of the questions of the Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad as continued from the previous post at http://iya2009sl.blogspot.com/2009/07/guide-for-astronomy-astrophysics.html This will feature the second segment of the questions. As I have told you earlier, please don’t hesitate to put a PM and get any explanation, answer known. [...]

Today, I’m gonna provide you with some supplement for the Astronomy & Astrophysics Olympiad 2009, to be held on 18th of July 2009 at island wide locations. In fact I’m providing you with this past paper of Astronomy & Astrophysics Olympiad held in 2007. I think this could be a highly valued learning resource for [...]

Last Friday I was invited to deliver a lecture at Anula Vidyalaya, Nugegoda. (Nugegoda is a suburb of capital Colombo located 20-minute drive away from Colombo). Normally the Astronomical Association of Anula Vidyalaya holds their weekly lectures on Fridays. There are 2 basic lecture scenarios dedicated for both junior and senior students. I think you [...]

I feel it’s great that we can have our students studied and concerned more on astronomy in this year of astronomy ( IYA 2009). The UNESCO proclaimed year will likely be more highlighted with the performances of students at the 3rd International Astronomy & Astrophysics Olympiad, to be held in next October in Iran. (May [...]

Hi all, In this post we’ll pay attention on how Carl Sagan explains the contribution of Eratosthenes..This is such a great video and you are invited to watch this.. And please find below the link to the previous post on IYA 2009 Featured Scientist EratosthenesThanks for watching.

From today’s blog post I’ll focus about Aristarchus who was a remarkable astronomer lived during the past. Aristarchus was a Greek astronomer and mathematician born in the Greek island of Samos. Later ha became an elite personality rendered towards humanity by the Greek locale. He was the first to tell that Earth rotates Sun and [...]

Heraclituswas a Greek philosopher who lived during the period of 6th Century B.C. He was able to calculate the diameter of the Sun and concluded it to be one third of a meter. Although he didn’t succeed his contributions had been able to inculcate the development of astronomy. Th precise data about the Sun says [...]

Today, we will talk about yet another remarkable individual in the history of Astronomy. It’s none other than Eratosthenes of Cyrene. Since his outstanding measurements have been so lose to the precise data, Eratosthenes of Cyrene is credited with an acknowledgment of great accuracy. Eratosthenes of Cyrene was a Greek astronomer, mathematician, poet, athlete, and [...]