{"id":19226,"date":"2017-06-23T17:55:20","date_gmt":"2017-06-23T12:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/astron-soc.in\/outreach\/?page_id=19226"},"modified":"2022-10-10T22:38:57","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T17:08:57","slug":"iau-noc-india","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/astron-soc.in\/outreach\/iau-noc-india\/","title":{"rendered":"IAU NOC Corner"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"The International Astronomical Union (IAU)<\/a> is a body of astronomers from all over the world, with a mission is to promote and safeguard the science of astronomy in all its aspects through international cooperation. It also works to promote astronomy education, research and public outreach actions. Realising the need of a central coordination point for outreach activities taking place around the world, it has set up the IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach (OAO)<\/a>, presently hosted by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. To support projects at a national level, OAO is creating a network of IAU National Outreach Contacts (NOC)<\/a>: volunteers with extensive experience in public outreach, acting as a single point of contact for a country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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For India, Mr. Samir Dhurde<\/a><\/b> is the current IAU NOC. The activities under this position are endorsed by the Astronomical Society of India<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Updates from IAU NOC, India<\/h3>\n
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NAME EXOWORLDS (2022) CONTEST<\/a><\/strong>
\nSubmit by 11 November, 2022<\/td>\n		The IAU has announced a contest for anyone, including students and teachers, astronomy enthusiasts, amateur astronomers and exoplanetary scientists. They may form a team and propose names for 20 exoplanetary systems, each of which consists of one known exoplanet and its host star.<\/p>\n

Web link: https:\/\/www.nameexoworlds.iau.org\/2022edition<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

COMMUNICATING ASTRONOMY WITH THE PUBLIC - 2022 Conference<\/a><\/strong>
\n12\u201316 September 2022, Sydney, Australia and Online<\/td>\n		The CAP Conference series is organised by the IAU, and facilitates the exchange of ideas and best practices between the local community of astronomy outreach professionals by connecting them to the global network.<\/p>\n
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This year, the world\u2019s largest conference on astronomy communication: Communicating Astronomy with the Public 2022 (CAP 2022) will be hosted from September 12-16, 2022 at the Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia (with provisions to attend in-person and online).<\/p>\n

Professionals from science communication, informal education, planetaria and science centres, as well as professional and amateur astronomers, journalists and creative personalities, are invited to attend the conference to exchange ideas and best practices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Web link: https:\/\/capconferences.org\/2022\/<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Meet the NOC<\/h3>\n
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Samir Dhurde, IAU NOC.<\/b>
Trained as a radio astrophysicist, Samir Dhurde has been actively into outreach for more than 20 years. He is the scientific officer for public outreach at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics<\/a> and conducts or helps conduct many activities across the country.
His social media posts can be found with #NOCIndia and via https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IUCAASciPOP<\/a>
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Join our Astro-Outreach mailing list<\/h3>

Register and get our regular emails<\/a> with sharing related to Astronomy outreach in India and abroad. Fill in the linked form to let us know your details and share this page with anyone else who may like to register.<\/p>\n

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What we offer\u2026<\/h3>

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You can also see this as a .pdf here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>