Mrs Fatima al-Kalbani from the Sultanate of Oman is currently preparing an astronomical dictionary dedicated to the deaf community. This dictionary contain many astronomical terms. Mrs Fatima is a teacher of computing. Astronomer have paid little attention to the deaf community, and this would be a dream for the Deaf in all countries of the world.
Source: Journal of the British Astronomical Association, Vol.122, No.3, Page 185, June 2012
Dear Friends, The latest issue of Current Science (Vol.104, No.4, pp.412, 25th Feb.2013)contains the following news item which may be of interest to many of us. Astrosat: a telescope on a satellite Read More… With Regards, Christina Birdie
Inquiries of Heaven is the official newspaper of the IAU General Assembly 2012 published by Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics with collaboration of China Features, Amateur Astronomer, Chinese National Astronomy. In order to access the newspaper please follow the link below, www.astronomy2012.org/ih
SPIE has announced a new program that provides Gold Open Access upon publication for a journal article for which authors or their institutions pay voluntary page charges, beginning in January 2013. Authors will retain copyright under the Creative Commons CC-BY license. The new program covers articles in the SPIE journals: * Optical Engineering * Journal…
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