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WGSN @EuroMed2026, ICHA, IAUS409

In November 2026, several WGSN participated in conferences and presented our work. IAUS 409 “Innovative Research and Techniques in Astronomy Communication” (NAOJ Tokyo) Sadegh Faghanpour with Saeed Jafari presented a poster on star names. The conference took place from 2 to 6 November. 11th International Conference on Digital Heritage The conference EuroMed2026 was organised completely…
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Egyptian star names in media

Barcelona – 9 September 2026. Jacinto Antón, a well-known journalist and outreacher, specialised in ancient Egypt, reported in El País, the most important Spanish newspaper, about a conference held at the University of Barcelona and mentioned specifically the attempts to put ancient Egyptian stars names “back” into the international sky. The headline reads: Spanish original…
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WGSN at ASROC and CAP

In the past few weeks, WGSN members have been very active in public presence. On that occasion, we had created some viewgraphs on the activity of the working group in the past decade – by chance also realising that we forgot celebrating the tenth birthday. ASROC – Zhubei, Taiwan Cheung Sze-leung work on astronomy outreach…
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