From November 17 to 21, in CASSA’s second workshop, 30 students from 10 universities in Bangladesh participated in building, for the first time in the country, a Transient Array Radio Telescope (TART). The workshop instructor was Dr. Tim Molteno from the University of Otago in New Zealand, the lead designer of TART. After seven countries […]
Speaker (in person at IUB): Tonima Tasnim Ananna, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Wayne State University, USA Title: Catching a star: How modern astronomers find exciting phenomena Abstract: Modern astrophysics infers extreme phenomena from precise, theory-driven signatures. In this talk, we will explore the empirical case for the Big Bang—cosmic expansion, light-element […]
MAPPING THE NEAREST ANCIENT SLOSHING COLD FRONT IN THE SKY WITH XMM-Newton Link: https://doi.org/10.33232/001c.145187 Presenter: Tasnim Mahfuz Nafis, Software Engineering, Dhaka University. --- Both in person and online. To get notifications and the Google Meet link subscribe using the Google Form: https://forms.gle/fikhmc7Y2whjJWKK9
On the night of the last full moon of 2025, join us for a special screening of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), directed by Steven Spielberg. Before the screening, an astronomer will offer a short introduction on the film’s enduring significance in the age of exoplanets. In the early 1980s, astronomers worldwide were searching the Milky […]
Beyond the clouds: advanced data analysis of a Dutch sky quality meter network Link: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf1200 Presenter: Farzana Akter Lima, Physics, Govt. Bangla College. --- Both in person and online. To get notifications and the Google Meet link, subscribe using the Google Form: https://forms.gle/fikhmc7Y2whjJWKK9
Title: Between Stars and Planets: Unveiling the Hidden World of Transiting Brown Dwarfs Speaker: Md Redyan Ahmed, PhD candidate, Sydney Institute for Astronomy (SIfA), University of Sydney, Australia. Abstract: Transiting brown dwarfs occupy the mass range between stars and planets, placing them in a unique regime where the physics of both worlds begin to overlap. […]
A 15 Mpc rotating galaxy filament at redshift z = 0.032 Link: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf2005 Presenter: Radit Raian, Adamjee Cantonment College . --- Both in person and online. To get notifications and the Google Meet link, subscribe using the Google Form: https://forms.gle/fikhmc7Y2whjJWKK9
Are Radio Minihalos Confined by Cold Fronts in Galaxy Clusters? Minihalos and Large-scale Sloshing in A3444 and MS 1455.0+2232 Link: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad12bc Presenter: Ashratul Zannati Purnota. --- Both in person and online. To get notifications and the Google Meet link, subscribe using the Google Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdDUg2eNHuB_z8-nfLU09lLaOmXYVwYC1O59e6hZVU_e07sbA/viewform?usp=header
Detection of Exoplanets with Machine Learning Techniques Through Transit Light-curve Analysis. Link: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ae1ba3 Presenter: Md. Sadman. --- Both in person and online. To get notifications and the Google Meet link, subscribe using the Google Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdDUg2eNHuB_z8-nfLU09lLaOmXYVwYC1O59e6hZVU_e07sbA/viewform?usp=header
Durbin Workshop 2 will be a 3-day intensive workshop focusing on observational techniques, telescope optics, and astronomical image processing for astrophotography. Topics covered Day 1: Introduction to Durbin 2.0, Observation Basics, Telescope Optics, and Intro to Image Processing. Day 2: Science Writing (with Dr. Asad), Remote Imaging via iTelescope (with Shahal), and Deep Sky Image […]