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2. Colombo University Observatory - Wikipedia

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   Colombo University Observatory. Coordinates: 6°54′05″N 79°51′41″E. The Colombo University Observatory is the astronomical observatory located at the University of Colombo. Formally the Colombo Observatory it is a permanently mounted telescope with its own observatory dome located on the university grounds next to Reid Avenue in Colombo.

3. Chandra Wickramasinghe - Wikipedia

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   Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe MBE (born 20 January 1939) is a Sri Lankan-born British mathematician, astronomer [1] and astrobiologist of Sinhalese ethnicity. His research interests include the interstellar medium, infrared astronomy, light scattering theory, applications of solid-state physics to astronomy, the early Solar System, comets, astrochemistry, the origin of life and astrobiology.

4. Anura C. Perera - Wikipedia

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   Anura Chandra Perera. Education. Nalanda College, Colombo. Occupations. Author. publisher. Known for. Author, astronomer. Anura C. Perera (born 18 June 1947) is a Sri Lankan science writer and astronomer. [1][2][3] He resides in the United States.

5. Sri Lankan Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad - Wikipedia

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   The preliminary round of the Sri Lankan Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad competition is a two-hour theory paper on Astronomy and Astrophysics. [2] It usually consists of 20-30 multiple choice questions and five structured essay type questions. The competition is conducted in three languages Sinhala, Tamil and English.

6. Sri Lanka Planetarium - Wikipedia

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   Sri Lanka Planetarium. Prof. Stanley Wijesundaran Mawatha, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka Planetarium (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා ග්‍රහලෝකාගාරය) is a public planetarium located in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is the first and only planetarium in the country and maintained as an institute under the Ministry of ...

7. Ray Jayawardhana - Wikipedia

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   Scientific career. Fields. Astrophysics, popular science. Website. www.drrayjay.net. Ray Jayawardhana is provost and professor of physics and astronomy at Johns Hopkins University. Prior to this, from 2018 to 2023, he was the Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and a Professor of Astronomy at Cornell University.

8. Category:Astronomy in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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   Sri Lankan astronomers ‎. Astronomical observatories in Sri Lanka ‎. Categories: Astronomy in Asia by country. Science and technology in Sri Lanka.

9. Horizons: Exploring the Universe - Wikipedia

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   0-495-11963-6. OCLC. 226106230. Horizons: Exploring the Universe is an astronomy textbook that was written by Michael A. Seeds and Dana E. Backman. It is in its 14th edition (as of 2019 ), and is used in some colleges as a guide book for introductory astronomy classes. It covers all major ideas in astronomy, from the apparent magnitude scale ...