Meet Keketso Qhomane from the Kingdom of Lesotho. He is one of the finest citizen astronomers you could ever find in his country. It took PACS e-Lab over two years to find someone like him. Keketso Qhomane is an undergraduate student of Geoinformatics at the University of Pretoria. He delights in extracurricular activities in astronomy, …
PACS e-Lab/AfAS Telescope Donation to a Mosotho Citizen Astronomer Read More »
PACS e-Lab, through the Jean Pierre Grootaerd SSVI program, donates a telescope to our Malawian astronomy partner group called the Celestial Exploders, ably led by Bauleni Bvumbwe Maseko (he/him). The group’s leadership board consists of experts in GIS, remote sensing, Earth observation, and drone piloting. The team will utilize the telescope for astronomy education and …
PACS e-Lab/Jean Pierre Grootaerd Telescope Donation to the Celestial Exploders in Malawi Read More »
We are pleased to share the unveiling of the telescope by our longstanding Ugandan partner organization, the National Curriculum Development Center. This is a generous donation by the PACS e-Lab management in collaboration with the Jean Pierre Grootaerd SSVI program. The team will utilize the telescope for Uganda’s teacher training program in astronomy. It will …
PACS e-Lab/Jean Pierre Grootaerd Telescope Donation to Uganda’s NCDC Read More »