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Participants and Durbin volunteers gathered on the TSC lawn at night, several holding framed astrophotographs, with a telescope at the left of the frame.

Latest · 19 Jul 2026

Even Without Stars, the Sky Had Stories to Tell

On 14 July, Durbin carried telescopes to the TSC grounds of the University of Dhaka for the first evening of Asman Jominer Golpo, in partnership with Bhoirobee. Clouds hid every star, so the evening belonged to photographs, memories and the people who told them.

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Participants of the BDOAA Women's Astronomy Olympiad Preparation Camp standing with an instructor in front of a whiteboard covered in blackbody and spectral energy distribution notes.

Outreach · 19 Jul 2026Two Days, One Sky: Inside the BDOAA Women's Astronomy Olympiad Prep CampOn 10–11 July, CASSA at Independent University, Bangladesh hosted a free two-day camp run jointly by BDOAA and Durbin, introducing girls in Classes 6 to 10 to observational and theoretical astronomy, from hands-on skymaps to photometry.Read →

Workshop participants seated at round tables folding paper into zines during Astrophotography Meets Zine Making.

Outreach · 3 Jul 2026When Astrophotography Met Zine MakingA two-day workshop under the Durbin WOW project, in collaboration with HerStory Foundation and Dhaka Zine Mela, brought science, art, and storytelling together, folding paper into zines on Day 1 and turning them into digital booklets on Day 2.Read →

Even Without Stars, the Sky Had Stories to Tell

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