Amateur astronomy in Iran

Contents change as new activity reports come from Iran

Lunar eclipse time lapse
Recent and upcoming amateur astronomy activites

Total lunar eclipse January 9, 2001

First Iran Messier Marathon April 19 and 20

Star party
The first star party held by Nojum Magazine
near Tehran in 1993
Star party
Observing night for students at Zafaraniye Observatory
in northern Tehran
1999 total solar eclipse
Total solar eclipse 1999

Young observers prepare for the eclipse
I was on a nearby hill also awaiting the Moon's shadow

1995 total solar eclipse
Total solar eclipse 1995

Photographers in eastern Iran awaiting the eclipse of the rising Sun

Leonid fireball
Leonid fireball captured!

A report on the great Leonid meteor storm of 1999
from the desert of Iran

Eclipse viewing
Puzzler picture from the 1999 solar eclipse

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of what you're seeing in the picture

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Updated March 3, 2001