Mt. Meru Astronomical Observatory
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In preparation for the annular solar eclipse event on 21st June 2020, the Mount Meru Astronomical Observatory in Arusha, in collaboration with the African Astronomical Society and Alok Mandavgane for the Astronomical Society of India, have enhanced the Annular Solar Eclipse Android app for use in East Africa. The App for the first time in …
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On Sunday, June 21, we will (weather permitting) enjoy an annular solar eclipse! As noted on the website Time and Date, “The annular phase of this solar eclipse is visible from parts of Africa including the Central African Republic, Congo, and Ethiopia; south of Pakistan and northern India; and China. Weather permitting, people in these …
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Tutorial Build a WhatsApp group specific to each Form (grade) and possibly each class (e.g. Form 4 Chemistry). Reach out to your students and invite them to join. If you do not have the phone number for each student or their parents, ask those students that you can contact to help you invite the …
Introduction During the COVID-19 epidemic, our students are home-bound and teachers without a means to conduct the traditional classroom. This does not mean that learning must also be shut down. Even with limited internet access through a single smart phone, teachers can continue to interact with and guide the learning of their students. The Mt. …
Eliatosha Maleko, Astronomy Ambassador to MMAO and instructor at the Ilboru Primary School. Established in 1950, Ilboru is uinque among the government schools in that it offers a special education unit students who have hearing disabilities (deaf), mental disabilities, (hangamoto ya ufahamu), and tailoring to blind students. It is located in Arusha District, Ilboru ward. …
Astronomy Ambassador Zacharia Mujungu, instructor at Ailanga writes, “This past Saturday we enjoyed the first clear sky after an unusually long, long period of rainfall. I and Pendaeli hosted Form One students at the MMAO observatory. They were so excited to observe the Moon and Venus through the telescope for first time in their life. …
After a long, seemingly endless three months of rain, the sun has come out and the students have arrived –in droves! Zacharia writes, “Today, Pendaeli and I received 200 Confirmation students and 15 teacher from Mulala Parish which is made of three sub-parishes, Kilinga, Kyuta and Mulala itself. They came for a youth conference hosted …
MMAO Astronomy Ambassador Zacharia shares the following … Eliona Miley and myself, we opened the observatory and we were able to conduct general cleanness with the help of students by removing cobwebs, dusts, lizards feces and all kind of debris. During and after cleaning we held a discussion with students on different matters in life, …
On Wednesday December 11, 2019, ambassadors, Zacharia, Eliona, Elineema and Pendaeli were successful in fixing the roof leakages which allowed dust and tree leaves debris to enter the observatory, using pieces of mattress stuffing. We are now looking forward to find permanent solution for water leakage which is currently fixed only temporarily by pushing iron …
Macho Angani – Eyes at the Sky by Ingo Koll Ingo has been producing a weekly radio programme on astronomy in the Swahili language since mid 2020. It is broadcast by 4 radio stations in Dar es Salaam, Moshi, Arusha, Tanga, Morogoro and some places in between. “Macho Angani” was inspired by a German version …