Meeting her at Rohats Fort

Dear All

The Khwarizmi Science Society brings you a beautiful evening with stars
decorated with the presence of Saturn and its majestic rings and the moon of
course! Away from noisy and polluted  environs of the big cities, a unique get
together of its nature. A get-together to appreciate history, culture,
architecture and astronomy altogether. It would be an unprecedented experience
of standing on the plateaus of the marvelous Rohtas Fort in front of Suhail
(Zohl=Saturn) Gate and looking through a telescope focusing on the rings of
Saturn.



Sher Shah Suri's Rohtas Fort was completed in 1547 about fifty years before
Galileo first looked at the sky through a telescope. UNESCO has declared Rohtas
Fort a World Heritage Site.



Another dimension of this event is TWAN (www.twanight.org) initiative. It is a
programme to capture the world's land marks against the celestial bodies. The
observation session also includes stellar constellations, far-off galaxies and
nebulea. Jupiter will also make its presence felt in the latter half of the
night.


Pictures:

A coverage of previous events can be found at:

http://khwarizmi.shutterfly.com/



Chotha (4th) Falakayati Mela
Date: Saturday 30 May, 2009.
Time: 5:30pm
Venue: Haveli Maan Singh, Rohtas Fort, Rohtas -Jhelum.

You are welcome to join us. Participation of the families and kids would be
encouraged.

Collaborators:

Himalayan Wildlife Foundation
(http://hwf.org.pk/)

G0vernment High School, Rohtas (Jhelum's oldest public school)



Regards

Sabieh Anwar



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