Largest Sri Lankan IYA 2009 Project Star Party 2009 Concluded a Massive Success : My Experience (Featured with Live Straming )

I have good news with me for you guys, Star Party 2009; "Rendezvous of Celestial Surveillance" concluded successfully during the morning of 26th Sept 2009. Apparently this is the 1st post I am gonna make after my visit to Kandy for Star Party. Now I unfold the story from the evening of 24th Sept 2009, when I left for Kandy from Colombo.24th EveningWe (With my colleagues Surath & Tharaka) drove to Kandy town within 3.5 hours and joint our crew who had already been there previous day. We reached the Kandy town at around 6.30 p.m. and searched for the news about the sky conditions, during previous days. As per the news we got the sky had been...

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Star Party 2009

The time has now reached for the biggest IYA2009 event of Sri Lanka..Star Party 2009.The event is just 24+ hours ahead. Every thing seems to be fine and on the track, even the weather in Kandy, where SP 09 is going to be held. Now I'm at Colombo and will be leaving for Kandy within few hours to report about the pre-preparations of the event. Therefore the IYA2009 LK blogger will be able to report you guys the news as it happens, and be tuned in with the updates.This time, where the 6th successive year of Star Party is celebrated, the organizing committee will be giving a live feed of the things happening. Therefore you can watch them real time...

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Biggest IYA 2009 event of Sri Lanka coming up: Star Party 2009

The time is fast reaching the 25th Sept 2009, when the largest IYA 2009 project of Sri Lanka is scheduled to be held. I have also mentioned the news in my last 2 posts. This is to update you guys about the new website that is launched with Star PArty 2009 at http://www.starparty2009.com/In addition you can mail to helpdesk@starparty2009.com/ to get your inquiries asnwered. Moreover the Star PArty 2009 team comprised of just school student, which is the most amaxing thing, has published the quiz paper of last year's event.For those who need, I have included a fine resource to get the data @ http://users3.jabry.com/iya2009/Star_Party_Quiz_Paper_2008.pdfPlease...

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STAR PARTY 2009 : Rules and Regulations

Every participating team should contain a maximum of 5 participants and only two teams can represent aschool. All participants should be currently attending school whereas the students who had already writtenfor the A/L exam are not eligible to take part under any circumstance whatsoever. All the participantsshould be in school uniforms for the opening ceremony. It’s mandatory that the participants areaccompanied by a teacher and a parent.
All the participants should be present at the gymnasium of University of Peradeniya on or before4.00 pm , 25th September 2009 together with clothes for warming . Students are advised to be presentbefore 4.00...

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Star Party 2009 on the way on 25th Sept 2009

Star Party 2009…A grand celebration, phenomenal sidereal endeavor, 12-hour premium experience of all time….Since the early footprints of civilization, astronomy proved to be the blueprint of all the sciences.The prime etiquette of stargazing was the passion that our ancestry shared. Driven by the curiosity and evolving mind, our forefathers were path-finding through the unknown access towards the beauty of dark sky, which is considered a noble virtue today.Thus all those things resulted in 2009 being named the international year of astronomy. A new era of astronomy is now surely in progress with the IYA 2009 coming into the effect with the approval...

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