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Citizen Science offers the public an opportunity to contribute to scientific research. Pan-African Citizen Science e-Lab (PACS e-Lab) is a nonprofit educational platform for promoting astronomy and space science in Africa through hands-on projects, advancing space exploration, and enhancing space education and outreach. The Paradox Team is a group co-founded by students with an interest in space to promote hands-on projects in space and astronomy in Egypt.
Our collaboration with PACS e-Lab began in 2023, following our first joint meeting in September 2023. Since then, we have participated in several projects, including asteroid searches. This project involves identifying and numbering unidentified moving objects in astronomical datasets provided by the International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC). Using the Astrometrica software, we conduct analyses and prepare Minor Planet reports, which are then submitted to IASC for confirmation. The Paradox Team actively participates in this project monthly, engaging over 100 students in Egypt. Our efforts have resulted in numerous preliminary asteroid discoveries.
Additionally, members of our team have contributed to PACS e-Lab’s double star research project, using the 0.4m Las Cumbres Observatory telescopes to update the position angles and separations of double stars. We have published research papers in the Journal of Double Star Observations.
Looking ahead, we are excited to participate in other PACS e-Lab projects, including exoplanet observation & photometry, astrophoto visual development, and the ARISS Event. The AfAS 2025 conference will be an excellent platform to present a talk and showcase the incredible projects the Paradox Team is undertaking in Egypt.
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