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Monday, 12 June 2023 11:04

SAASST Planetarium Unit Internship Program

The Planetarium Unit of the Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences, and Technology is participating in its own internship program.

Seven students are participating in the program, where they are exposed to different lectures related to telescope building, the use of space telescopes, understanding the sky, and other hands-on programs. This week, Mr. Mohamed Hani, a scientific guide at the planetarium, showed the students how to build a telescope using simple components. The students were given a thorough lecture about the importance of telescopes in observing the sky and the different types of telescopes, reflecting and refracting.