What is World Space Week?

World Space Week is an international week long annual celebration of science and technology and their contribution to the betterment of the human conditions. The UN General Assembly declared in 1999 that WSW will be celebrated each year from October 4-10. The two dates mark two historic achievements:

October 4, 1957: Launch of the first man-made satellite Suptnik 1, thus opening the space exploration for mankind.

October 10, 1967: The signing of the treaty on Principals governing the activities of states in the exploration of Peaceful User of Outer Space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies.

How is Astrophile Education celebrating WSW?

At Astrophile Education, we have created several competitions, events, observations opportunities for students to showcase their skills and passion towards the cosmos. The list of the same can be read below.

The schools can hold virtual programs, in their capacity to participate in the global celebrations of the event. Astrophile will extend all the possible support to the students and schools in achieving this goal.

For year 2024, we are collaborating with Prime Ministers Museum and Library and Nehru Planetarium for some of our events.

How this project will unfold?

The project is a citizen science project which means anyone can participate. All you have to do it to go out at a given time and look at the sky and identify a constellation in the sky. Count the number of stars you can see and report. Also you should know your location of observation, sky conditions, apparent light condition in the surrounding, and so on. All this data needs to be input in the form below.

More participation will mean more data. The data will be collected in a form and hence will be accumulated over a period of time. We expected to collect over 10,00,000 data points in next 5 years from across the country. Each data point will be filtered and assessed for a subjective sky quality study creating a map of light pollution from around the country. Once the report is compiled, the same will be studied for anomalies and corrected if anything is found.

When will the celebrations start?

The celebrations will start from October 4th 2024 and will continue till October 10th 2024. Each day a new event will be carried on and the students can participate in the program for FREE. There are no entry charges for the event and all you have to do is to register yourself for the event and send in your submissions.

Where can you participate?

You can participate in this project right here on this portal. The website will have all the details as to how and when to participate and what all is required for the participation. All you need to do is to be a students, studying in an Indian school. All you have to do is to submit the form on the right and select in which event would you like to participate and we will share the details with you over email. Remember the participation is FREE of cost.