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A night with amateur astronomers

Night sky observation camps, which were canceled due to COVID-19, started with the abatement of the pandemic. Thus, physical events and programs of conducting night camps were started again. As a result, the Astronomical Society of the University of Colombo got the opportunity to conduct the sky observation session in a series of environmental observation …

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๐‘จ๐’ ๐‘จ๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’๐’Š๐’… ๐’๐’‚๐’Ž๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’‰๐’๐’๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐‘ผ๐’๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ช๐’๐’๐’๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’

For the first time, a scientist of Sri Lankan origin has received the discovery credit to an asteroid. The University of Colombo alumnus, Dr. Nalin Samarasinha and Dr. Todd Lauer discovered this asteroid in 2000. On March 21, 2022, the International Astronomical Union(IAU) officially announced this asteroid as ” Colombounilanka ” to honor the University …

๐‘จ๐’ ๐‘จ๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’๐’Š๐’… ๐’๐’‚๐’Ž๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’‰๐’๐’๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐‘ผ๐’๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ช๐’๐’๐’๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’ Read More »

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2019 เถฏเท™เทƒเทเถธเทŠเถถเถปเทŠ 26  โ€‹โ€‹เท€เถฑ เถฏเท’เถฑ เท€เท’เถปเถฝ  เท€เท…เถบเทเถšเทเถป เทƒเท–เถปเทŠเถบเถœเทŠโ€เถปเท„เถซเถบเถšเทŠ เถฏเท’เทƒเทŠเท€เทš.  เทƒเท”เถปเทŠเถบเถœเทŠโ€เถปเท„เถซเถบ เถฑเท’เทƒเท’ เถ…เถบเท”เถปเท’เถฑเทŠ เถฑเถปเถถเถฑ เถ…เถฑเทŠเถฏเถธ  A rare annular solar eclipse will appear on December 26, 2019. How to watch the eclipse of December 26 safely . On December 26, 2019 at 26 morning from about 8:10 a.m. to 11.25 a.m.  Sri Lankan have the rare opportunity …

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