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It's a great news that the International Conference on "Accretion and Outflow in Black Hole Systems" is going to be held in Kathmandu,Nepal during October 11-15,2010 whose scientific scope will be understanding of the process of accretion onto the central black hole and outflows from the system (including the jet formation) in BH binaries, AGNs and GRBs. For more about the conference can be found in the official website of the conference: http://www.iasfbo.inaf.it/events/nepal2010/ The registration deadline is 31 July. Welcome to the land of Himalaya :-)

Astro Quiz Contest 2010, April 1-30,2010 Nepal Astronomical Society(NASO) in collaboration with National TV asked four questions related to the astronomy with three options from National television during the GAM2010. People voted by sending sms as GAM_A/B/C to 4321. We announced winners every Saturday. The questions were: · Where does Chhatedhunga lie in Nepal? · What is the distance between the Sun and the Earth? · When was International Year of Astronomy Celebrated? · Where is the National Observatory of Nepal? The participants were from the different parts of Nepal. The winners were Ashim Aaudel, 13 years, Dharan; Indira Chaudari, Dhangadi; Debaki Bhattarai, Kathmandu and Chadani Subba, Tehrathum. The winners were awarded with the one year free subcrpition of Scholar Magazine, Hubble and The Universe (Nepal’s First Astronomical Documentary) and Night Sky (astronomical software). Global Astronomy Month Kicks off officially in Nepal: April 1, 2010 On the first day of GAM, Nepal Astro...

SGAC- Nepal is working Nepal conducting different activities since 2009.We are very thankful to all our members and welshers for their supportive hands to create wave of space science in Nepalese society for the first time by youth themselves! We are very hopeful for more activities in 2010 with involvement of youths from respective communities in Nepal! Here, as a first step, I would like to request all the youths who have great passion for space science or astronomy ! remember anyone whose age is between 18-35 years and citizen of Nepal can apply for the membership! No matter where you live or what you study! Here are some benefits after joining SGAC-Nepal: * Being part of the youth voice: Have direct input on projects representing the youth view on space topics whose results have the direct ears and eyes of high-level leaders of current government, industry, and non-governmental organizations * Participating in top space events designed for university students and young prof...