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“To a wonderful man who has done great things for this wonderful world. Wishing you well on this special day! May all your successors follow in your footsteps. May God watch over you for years to come. Thank you for the great work you have done for our Planet. Happy Birthday Buzz Aldrin, and have a nice day. “

Greeting from Sultanate of Oman>>> Mundhir.com, AstrOceanOmy readers & Oman Astronomical Society.

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The Phonenix Discoveries Lecture & Exhibition

Posted on January 16, 2010 | 1 comment

Tomorrow In Sha`-Allah, I will attend this lecture. Anyone Interested ! 🙂

For more info, please have a look at the links provided in the poster

Clear Skies

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Solar eclipse- Muscat-15/1/2010

Posted on January 16, 2010 | 3 comments

Solar Eclipse Poster – observation from Sahwa Garden- Muscat, Oman

Thanks to Marwan Shwaiki who made this wonderful poster

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Annular Solar Eclipse

Posted on January 14, 2010 | 1 comment

Dear friends,

We are having another annular Solar Eclipse this Friday

You are invited to watch the coming annular solar eclipse

(Partial from Oman)

For other locations and information about the eclipse please click here

Watching must be through special eclipse glasses

DON’T LOOK DIRECTLY TO THE SUN

Date: Friday, January 15th 2010

From 9:15am to 12:00pm

Place: Al Sahwa National Garden- Near Al Sahawa Tower.

Muscat the capital of Oman

Note that Partial Solar Eclipse begins at 09:22:46 hrs on January 15, 2010

Maximum Eclipse at 11:01:58 hrs

Partial Eclipse ends at 12:45:35 hrs

I’m ready already ! 🙂 Got my Solar eclipse shades, thanks to OAS, and I started to give & explain to my family and friends about the event.

For other locations and information about the eclipse please click here

Have Fun

Clear Skies,

Mundhir

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Solar Observer – The first magazine of solar astronomy

Posted on January 1, 2010 | 5 comments

Dear everyone,

Welcome to Solar Observer, the first magazine of solar astronomy.

Scheduled to be launch by Spring 2010.

FREE of charge for issue 1, in PDF format!

Free subscription for up-to-date information!

Sign up now at Solar Observer.

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The End of IYA2009

Posted on December 30, 2009 | 4 comments

Dear everyone,

We are about to end this Great Year of AstrO. It was a wonderful and exciting year that all had ever experienced.

Everyone who participated and took part in this great year knows this. Hopefully next year I will cover some of the greatest IYA2009 events… 🙂

Congratulations for everyone, by now I think lots of people know about Space and Astronomy.

But that’s still not enough for others , well do you want to

You can still visit the IYA2009 page including Astronomy BEYOND 2009 for more up-to date news & events

I wish you All a

HAPPY NEW YEAR

I think from now onwards, 2010 and beyond will be a real space odyssey

ALL the best

Clear Skies,

Mundhir

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Surah Ar-Rahman – سُوۡرَةُ الرَّحمٰن

Posted on December 20, 2009 | Leave a comment

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتۡ وَرۡدَةً۬ كَٱلدِّهَانِ (٣٧) فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ (٣٨)

And when the heaven splitteth asunder and becometh rosy like red hide – (37) Which is it, of the favours of your Lord, that ye deny? – (38)

Surah Ar-Rahman – سُوۡرَةُ الرَّحمٰن

Surah Fussilat – سُوۡرَةُ فُصّلَت

Posted on December 19, 2009 | Leave a comment

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

سَنُرِيهِمۡ ءَايَـٰتِنَا فِى ٱلۡأَفَاقِ وَفِىٓ أَنفُسِہِمۡ حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمۡ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡحَقُّ‌ۗ أَوَلَمۡ يَكۡفِ بِرَبِّكَ أَنَّهُ ۥ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىۡءٍ۬ شَہِيدٌ (٥٣)

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

We shall show them Our portents on the horizons and within themselves until it will be manifest unto them that it is the Truth. Doth not thy Lord suffice, since He is Witness over all things? (53)

Surah Fussilat – سُوۡرَةُ فُصّلَت

Accurate Times (AT)

Posted on December 10, 2009 | Leave a comment

By Mohammad Odeh

Accurate Times is the official program adopted by the Jordanian Ministry
of Islamic Affairs to calculate the prayer times in Jordan. The program runs
under Windows, and it is written by Mohammad Odeh, a member of the Jordanian
Astronomical Society (JAS), and the Vice-President of Crescents’ Observation
and Mawaqeet Committee, of the Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Sciences (AUASS).

Accurate Times calculates the following astronomical events:-

1- Islamic prayer times (Fajer, Shuroq, Dhohur, Aser, Maghreb, and Isha).
2- Sun times (Beginning and end of twilight, sunrise, sunset, and Sun transit).
3- Moon times (Moon rise, Moon transit, and Moon set).
4- Moon phases (Geocentric or Topocentric).
5- Crescent visibility for both; new and old crescents.
6- Crescent visibility world map for both; new and old crescents.
7- Calculations for Sun and Moon ephemeris.
8- Qiblah direction (Direction to Ka’bah in Mecca).
9- Qiblah time (The time at which the Sun or Sun’s shadow is at the Qiblah direction).
10- Hejric-Gregorian conversion.
11- The prayer call (Athan) launches automatically when it is the time of the prayer.
12- A reminder is heard few minutes before the next prayer.