SILCHAR: A Silchar-based citizen science group, Astrogen, has recently participated in the “International Asteroid Search Campaign” and detected 18 asteroids.
Led by Himadri Sekhar Das, associate professor of Assam University, Silchar, eight members of the group, including young enthusiasts, took part in four campaigns, which started on March 29 and ended on September 16.
“The most popular citizen science project around the world is the Asteroid Search Campaign, which is organised by the International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC). The IASC is a citizen science programme that provides high-quality astronomical data to citizen scientists worldwide. America’s space agency NASA and Pan-STARRS (Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii) are the partners of this search campaign,” said Das.
He said the service is provided to citizen scientists without any cost. “Astrogen was established on March 28 in Silchar to popularise astronomy among common people and to engage the people of Barak Valley in several citizen science projects,” Das said.
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