Khagol-128-OCT-2021

Long TermVisitors Poshak Gandhi (Adjunct Faculty), University of Southampton, United Kingdom; David Hilditch (Adjunct Faculty), University of Lisbon, Portugal; Ashish Mahabal (Adjunct Faculty), Caltech, USA; Ninan Sajeeth Philip (Visiting Professor), Artificial Intelligence Research and Intelligence Systems, Thelliyoor, Kerala; and A. R. Rao (Visiting Professor), TIFR, Mumbai. Visitors (Expected) October 2021 Bhaskar Biswas, IUCAA. (ii) Global Hands-on Universe Conference The Global Hands-on Universe (GHOU – 2021) conference was held during August 23 – 27, 2021. A workshop for educators across the globe on Zero Shadow Day for tropical countries was conducted by Samir Dhurde and Sonal Thorve, along with Alok Mandavgane (Aryabhatta Foundation, Bhopal). Dhurde shared the details of the Zero Shadow Day and how it occurs, and Thorve demonstrated how the shadows are formed and how one can use them to track the Sun in the sky. Mandaogane explained the features and use of relevant android apps and websites. Also, Rupesh Labade gave an oral presentation on the topic of bringing astronomy to the students and teachers using 'Appstronomy', and also took an online workshop on the topic of learning science at home during lockdown. Khagol (the Celestial Sphere) is the quarterly bulletin of We welcome your feedback at the following address: IUCAA, Post Bag 4, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411 007, India. Phone : (020) 2569 1414; 2560 4100 Fax : (020) 2560 4699 email : publ@iucaa.in Web page : http://www.iucaa.in/ matchstickds@gmail.com Visitors July – September 2021 Sayak Datta, SavithriEzhikode, Swagat Mishra, and Abhishek Paswan. | KHAG L | No. 128 - OCTOBER 2021 | 16 (iii) IAU Offices Family Meeting The IAU Offices Family Meeting was held during July 20 – 22, 2021, bringing together the global networks of the four IAU Offices. The meeting had 30+ sessions on astronomy education, teaching, outreach, equity, and more. Samir Dhurde participated in this as the IAU National Outreach Coordinator, India, andmoderated two session on the themes: Research in classrooms, and Astronomy education in low- income communities. Astrometrica Software Training Ignited Mind Science Club, conducted the online training programme on Astrometrica Software for students on July 17, 2021. Tushar Purohit was one of the resource persons. More than 20 students along with their teachers participated in the training. They also participated in the International Asteroid Search Campaign (IASC) held in August 2021.