January 12 – February 06
Organized by : Nepal Astronomical Society In Collaboration with International Astronomical Search Collaboration

Mission Statement:

Description

All-Nepal Asteroid Search Campaign (ANASC) is a hands-on astronomy program for astronomy enthusiasts with a unique opportunity to make original discoveries of asteroids at Free of cost! It provides high-quality data to the students to get the taste of astronomical research and discoveries.

For the students below 13 years, parent or guardian or teacher has to be in the search team as per the guideline from IASC and NASA. For people with age 13 yrs and above, they can participate on their own.

Below are some important information for you if you are planning to participate in one of our trainings or campaigns and learn and discover asteroids!

Who can participate ?

Anyone who wants to have hands-on experience to make original discoveries searching asteroid from world-class telescopes can participate in the program. Priorities will be given to school students but university students can equally apply for the program.

How to participate?

• Form a team of 2-4 people from your school or community.
• Decide your team name! You team can be named after your school, college, clubm etc
• Fill the team registration form . Once you fill up the form, contact our office at +9779818734326 for follow up if you do not hear from us by the weekend of the application submission week.
• Wait for the confirmation of your team registration. Registration will be reviewed on the basis of team formation, gender balance and access to good working stations (workable computer/internet)

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there any limitation for the team registration for a school/college/club?

We don’t have restriction for teams from a single school but we prefer to have diversity in our each campaign. So, if we receive two teams from a school, we may choose only one team so that the next team slot will be available for another school/team.

What are the technical requirements?

The participating team must have access to computer/laptop with good internet connection and commitment to work seriously. We will be working on the real data so we want the registered team working like a real astronomer/astrophysicist!

Is there any fee to participate in the campaign?

There is no fee for the registration in the campaign. However, we receive ~50 teams and select only 15 teams so it’s really competitive.

What are the chances of my team being selected?

NASO is committed for diversity and inclusion at the same time review all the applications carefully. Hence, the team which have at least one female member, team members with adequate knowledge of the search process and good understanding of the Astrometry are plus increase the chance of your team being selected.

If you have any queries regarding this program or would like to sponsor this program, please feel free to send us message in our Facebook page or call us at 9843708248 (NASO Office) during office hours. Thank you!