Camera technology designed for astrophysics research is helping a network of mosques in
the United Kingdom schedule dawn prayers — known as fajr — that can be observed at the same times across communities.
Fajr is traditionally practiced at daybreak, but different calculations of when the sun rises can lead to prayer times that vary greatly — as much as 45 minutes, even between mosques that are close together, reported the Times.
The so-called OpenFajr project, launched by Dr. Shahid Merali, a general practitioner with a practice in Birmingham, sought to standardize fajr from mosque to mosque with the help of technology used by astronomers for gathering data about the skies. [8 Ways Religion Impacts Your Life] https://www.livescience.com/56785-mosques-coordinate-prayers-with-camera-tech.html
