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Name
  
Babak Tafreshi


Role
  
Astronomer

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Babak Amin Tafreshi (born in 1978 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian amateur astronomer, photographer, and science journalist. He is the creator and director of The World At Night (TWAN), an international program in which photographers from around the world capture images of night skies as seen above notable landmarks of the planet. He is also a member of the board of advisors of Astronomers Without Borders and a project coordinator for the International Year of Astronomy (IYA2009).

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In 2009, he won the Lennart Nilsson Award for best scientific photography, in joint effort with NASA’s Cassini Imaging Director Carolyn Porco.

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Babak Amin Tafreshi NASAs Astronomy Picture of the Day Teimareh Petroglyphs and Star

References

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