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Watching heavenly bodies brings heavenly joy

CITY CORRESPONDENT
Eight-year-old Parvez looked pleasantly surprised. "I had always thought stars were nothing but twinkling bulbs. I never knew they had colours," he said.
Not only Parvez but over 200 children who were present at an exhibition titled 'Exploring the solar system: Space Exhibition' at the Bhashani Novo-theatre recently had an amazing experience.
David Malin, an astrophotographer from Australia discussed about the solar system during the exhibition and created much excitement and eagerness among the youngsters. Parents were also enthusiastic about bringing their children to listen to Malin's words.
"I believe my son will watch and listen to these topics with greater interest from now on," said Abdul Alim, father of nine-year-old Ashfaque.
An excited Ashfaque mean-
while wanted to ask Malin if the stars were really like the ones shown on TV series Startrek.
"I was invited by the British Council Dhaka and since I enjoy travelling around the world and deliver lectures I expressed my willingness to come to Bangladesh at the first opportunity," said Malin.
Bangladesh Astronomical Association in cooperation with the Ministry of Science and Information and Communication Technology and British Council organised the exhibition.
Malin was a photographic scientist-astronomer working at the Anglo-Australian Observatory (AAO) until July 2001.
Also an adjunct professor of scientific photography at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)'s faculty of applied science, Malin shared his vast knowledge during his seven-day educational tour to Bangladesh.
The topics of his discussions were about the colours of stars, places where stars are formed
and the importance of the colours. He also touched on the sizes and scales of stars and their distance from earth and each other.
Photographs taken by Malin were put on display at the exhibition. He delivered lectures to school children of two age groups (8-10 and 12-14) and audiences without background in science. He also answered space-related queries on February 8.
Malin has published over 120 scientific papers and an equal number of popular articles on astronomy and photography. He is also the author of eight books. One of his recent books The Invisible Universe (2000) is a large format celebration of the beauty of the night sky, a subject increasingly explored in his gallery exhibitions. He has also published another book Heaven and Earth (2001) which is an illustrated work that uses scientific pictures to explore all scales from the atomic to the cosmic.