Hi, It was an amazing event! Rarely have I experienced such festiveness surrounding a scientifically important day. It was almost like Diwali or Holi or...
-Chaar Mahanagaron Ka Taapman- -Calculating the day shadow vanishes and Solar Declination- Dear Friends, Many years back the Doordarshan would forecast in its...
while showing the venus in broad daylight to the public from planetarium , i managed to click a shot from the eyepiede of the huge nikon binox, have a look ...
The Program Beauty without Borders here in Bhuj went very nice We put One Telescope and Two binoculars for the public The place was middle of the city near...
Hello sir, Can you (or any member) create an excel sheet with all formula already put in that? I mean the only variable between stations(/cities) would be...
Please visit the link below - you will find the required information http://www.iucaa.ernet.in/~scipop/Obsetion/eratos/eratos_1.htm - Arvind Paranjpye ... -- ....
Report of Global Star Party on 28th Feb: The Star party at Nature Education Park, Vadodara (Gujarat, India) organised by Gujarat Nature Conservation Society...
Hi. I have photographed Comet Lulin on Feb. 28th morning around 2.30am. The photograph is piggy back, hand tracked for 300 seconds, at 1600ASA, Lens used 170mm...
Dear Nimit, I have posted a file at http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Astronomy_Activities_2009/files/ZeroShadowDateCalculator.xls . Hope it serves your...
Hi Rathnasree Mam... Mam please do something with the dates as I have got my finals exams in the first week of april. The date sheet has nit yet come but...
Hand tracked for 300 secs!, absolutely Brilliant. You are threatening astrophysics mounts -) Suresh _____ From: Astronomy_Activities_2009@yahoogroups.com ...
Hi Please find a photograph of Lagoon Nebula [M8] that we took at Yelagiri on 1st March 2009. This was taken at the prime focus of IIT Madras's 8" f/5...
Hello Fellow Astronuts, I would like to share a photograph of Comet Lulin that was shot on 28th February, from Nuh, Haryana by Astronomicans Ajay Talwar,...
Thanks a ton, to Pandey sir & Mr. Arvind as well...!!! I'll make sure to share these links to maximum people, pl don't remove the file...! With best Regards, ...
Saw the flare at 5:01 am. The flare was truly a -6 to -7 mag one, iridium going down almost vertically and presenting the flare in the light polluted skies. ...
Hello all, I was invited for a talk on "space exploration" at the ITM UNIVERSE, Gwalior on the occasion of National Science day, a day before when the said...
Hi Can someone tell me what would be the focal length of my 10 inch f6.3 scope whose focal length is 1600mm when I add a f 6.3 reducer ? I know the f ratio...
Get ready to catch moon and Pleiades tonight and again for the "real" occultation on 30th Shylaja Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium Bangalore Association for...
Thank you for the info madam Suresh _____ From: Astronomy_Activities_2009@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Astronomy_Activities_2009@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
Very good pic. I am sure it was not from Bangalore; we could hardly see it here Shylaja Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium Bangalore Association for Science...
Hi, This S&T is helpful. http://www.skyandtelescope.com/howto/astrophotography/3304356.html?page=3&c=y Yeah... the f/6.3 reducer will change the focal length...
Hi Suresh, Starting off with planetaries, is it? FOV of 350D (crop factor of 1.6 from a 35mm full frame), with a 10" f/6.3 with FR 6.3 attached = 75' X 50' ...
Dear Akarsh, no link, no photo either? ________________________________ From: Akarsh Simha <akarshsimha@...> To: astroiitm <astroiitm@googlegroups.com>;...
Dear Sir ... Sorry, some groups drop attachments. Here's a link to the photo for those groups that drop attachments: http://members.bas.org.in/kstar/Lagoon.png...
Humm the pic. looks good. Good for starting, looks like some tracking error,stars don't appear sharp, don't u think so? But still excellent job Akarsh, keep it...