Dr. Rathna
Congratulations to you for having thought of such a wonderful and exciting
venture for the interested people.

Best wishes,

K. Sinha

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Dr. K. Sinha
Aryabhatta Research Institute of observational sciencES,
[Formerly (U. P.) State Observatory,
Manora Peak, Nainital - 263 129, Uttarakhand, India.

Phones : (O) +91 5942 - 232655, 233734, 233735 or 235583 (extension 211).
Fax : (O) +91 5942 233 439.
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> To: VenusTransit@yahoogroups.com
> From: rathnasree63@...
> Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:36:28 +0000
> Subject: [VenusTransit] Astrophotography and Image Processing Workshop
>
>
> An Astrophotography and Image Processing Workshop is being planned to
> be held at Delhi, from the 3rd-6th of October 2008.
>
> Some preliminary thoughts about the workshop are placed here :-
>
>
http://nehruplanetarium.org/taarewiki/pmwiki.php?n=Site.AstrophotographyAndImage\
\
> ProcessingWorkshop
>
> The workshop is likely to be a meeting where all the talks will be
> interwoven as presentations by Professional and amateur astronomers,
> as appropriate.
>
> There is likely to be something for everyone here -
>
> 1. Something for those who wish to enhance their skills towards doing
> a little quantitative celestial science with available equipment and
> resources,
>
> 2. Something for those who wish to enhance their astrophotography
> skills and enjoy taking beautiful images of the sky and celestial
> objects,
>
> 3. Something for the very beginner wanting to get aquainted with the
> skies and learn to observe, image or measure it in some way,
>
> 4. Something for those who feel a sneaking sympathy with Walt Whitman,
> when he says that all he wants to do is to "look up in perfect
> silence, at the stars"! Well, there will be some interdisciplinary
> discussions that look at the inspiration that the skies have been, for
> so many creative urges.
>
> The workshop is mainly aimed at the serious amateur astronomer and the
> senior school/BSc/MSc/Engineering students with an interest in
> Astronomy. That is
> not to say that other students will be excluded.
>
> To register for the workshop, one needs to first enter their name on
> an expression of Interest page here
>
> http://nehruplanetarium.org/taarewiki/pmwiki.php?n=Site.ExpressionOfInterest
>
> and send a one page writeup about work that they have done, to
> nehruplanetarium@... The work could be some basic
> astrophotography, or any simple analysis work that they might have
> done as a student project, related to Astronomy.
>
> Please do enter your name and a link to a page containing your
> astrophotographs on the Expression of Interest page.
>
> I do want that the names of all interested participants are on this
> page containing the expression of interest. As can be seen, I have
> been the first to enter my name on this page.
>
> What anyone interested needs to do, is, go to this page, and click on
> the edit button at the bottom, enter their name and details and then
> Save - making sure that they put their name as the author of this
> change on the wiki page.
>
> We will make all attempts to see to it that everyone who registers,
> does benefit from the workshop efforts, even if they are not selected
> to be physically present at Delhi, during the October workshop.
>
> There will be an absolute upper limit of 200 to the total number of
> participants actually present at the workshop - but, online
> participation possibilities will be explored to accommodate
> participation from others interested.
>
> Please enter your names quickly, as some first come first served
> weightage will be given, in addition to weightage given to work that
> has already been done.
>
> We will take the workshop forward, from this expression of interest
> page :-)
>
> Rathnasree, Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi
>
>
>

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