Journal or Publication Title:

Բյուրականի աստղադիտարանի հաղորդումներ: Երևանի աստղադիտարանի բյուլետեն = Сообщения Бюраканской обсерватории. Бюллетень ереванской Астрономической обсерватории = Contributions from the Burakan observatory. Bulletin of the Erevan astronomical observatory

Date of publication:

2026

Volume:

73

Number:

1

ISSN:

2579-2276

Coverage:

130-134

Abstract:

Iranian astronomy education often presents celestial concepts apart from the cultural materials through which communities have long interpreted the sky. This article examines how Mehr Observatory in Bushehr organised a programme around four resources, the Jalali calendar and seasonal festivals, Canopus as observed from southern Iran, astronomical imagery in Persian poetry and the Jereh Chartaqi. Between 2022 and 2025, 30,000 secondary-school students joined in observations, model building, literary interpretation, international exchange, and field-based inquiry. Evidence comes from activity records, student work, observation notes, and reflective discussions produced during implementation. The article asks how familiar heritage can become a disciplined route into astronomical reasoning and what organisational conditions make that work credible. The activities linked equinoxes, latitude, stellar motion, and solar orientation with regional practices; yet they also exposed gaps in teacher preparation, documentation, and tested learning resources. The programme indicates that heritage gains educational value when learners examine claims, construct representations, and connect local knowledge with astronomical evidence in class.

Format:

pdf

Identifier:

oai:arar.sci.am:439350

General note:

Communications of the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (ComBAO) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, which publishes research in observational and theoretical astronomy/astrophysics and presents recent advances in these fields. It is being published by the NAS RA V. Ambartsumian Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO) in English in electronic form. The journal publishes original papers, review papers, brief reports, book reviews, special communications, observational and theoretical results in various fields of astronomy and related sciences, and some editorial notes, including anniversaries and obituaries. Under the heading “Legacy”, the renewed magazine will republish some old articles of high value in English. The heading “Guest articles” will bring to the attention of readers the articles of researchers who are not employees of BAO. ComBAO was founded in 1946 and regularly published in 1946-1990. However, the publication was interrupted because of the economic situation after the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Location of original object:

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