... Evening apparitions of Mercury are best in the spring, while morning apparitions of Mercury are best in the fall. Just look at the ecliptic and the angle...
Dear member, This is a bi-monthly posting of the venus Transit list rules: - The group-language is english. - No file attachments are allowed.The server...
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Apr 1, 2004 8:51 am
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I am delighted that the the planetarium staff was putting their shoulder to the wheel! it is also good for their health even if their muscles are sore for a...
Was it not possible to measure the RA dec and Ecliptic coordinates as well witht he Jai Prakas? I recall that in the late 1980's these would also be quite...
... And exactly opposite it true for those in the Southern Hemisphere. And for those close to the equator its all as good or as bad, what matters most is that...
NASA Science News for March 31, 2004 This weekend, the planet Venus will have a rare and beautiful close encounter with the Pleiades star cluster. Anyone can...
Dear Dr. Rathnasreeji, Thank you so much for accepting my request for another date in the middle of April. It is realy very hard work from morning till night....
ANEES-UL-HASAN SIDDIQUI
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Apr 1, 2004 1:20 pm
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The markings are too poor to attempt that from the Delhi Instrument - but, perhaps with a little bit of temporary markings it can be attempted.ASI did show...
Hello Everybody Hello Rathna ma'am , the trip to jantar mantar seems like great fun! I wish i could be there, but could not make it due to work at college! ...
Dear Rathnasreeji, Thank you so much for sending some Jantar Mantar Results. It is very good material for my article. I am very glad to see the photoes of...
ANEES-UL-HASAN SIDDIQUI
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Apr 1, 2004 6:18 pm
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Good try Ajay... The shadows were very well noticed with lots of surface details on Jupiter... We need more fine tuning, but surely this will help a lot in...
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Apr 3, 2004 4:19 am
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Dear all Science and Astronomy friends, Rathnashree and staffs, I am sorry to write this again, I think some thing has gone wrong, we need not to do a physical...
KutchScience
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Apr 3, 2004 4:30 am
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Bhudia ji, Your message was sent as an attachment and therefore did not come to the group, where attachments are not allowed. In any case, you did mail the...
Ajay, I am very sorry to have missed this - at home our telephone was not functioning properly all of yesterday and I missed seeing this message :-( WHere can...
Dear Friends From Last two day I saw a beautiful ring around Moon - VERY BIG RING around moon and lot of people saw it in Indore Sky. I am attaching a Picture...
Rakesh, Such halos are seen around Sun and Moon at about 22 degrees or 46 degrees of radius from their centres when haxagonal crystals of ice are present in...
Listed below are Observers (details will be added at the website) / Time / Altitude (observed and theoretical) and / Azimuth (observed and theoretical...
Rathnaji, My interst in Jantar Mantar has been started in 1971 as an observer and only THEN as an educator. The script of the planetarium progamme you are...
Dear Dr. Raghavan, My most sincere apologies then. I was going only by the literature I had been reading when I said about the usage since 1900s. You are then...
How/Where to stand in RAMYANTRA Floor? what is correct way? http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/venustransit_2004/files/ Correct way to standRamYantra.jpg ...
KutchScience
hirjipatel@...
Apr 4, 2004 2:08 am
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Rathnaji I was surprised to read such a sweeping statement covering nearly a hundred years with out the requisite backing. Surely over these 100 years other...
Dr. Rathnasree, the shadows of satellites on jupiter was captured on webcam using a 2X barlow, the image was nice to view, but not enough brightness to measure...
Dr. Raghavan, thanks for accepting my apology and I hope we can move forward and find the answers that we need. I guess I got carried away by the thrill of...
Thanks Ajay, I guess shadow events would be tougher to time - but, would it be any better with a simple occultation of a Moon of Jupiter? Even if we do not get...
Dr. Raghavan, I had overlooked reading the part of your message reproduced below when I replied earlier - as it had got merged with matter from the earlier...
Rathanji I have described the method we used for Ram yanra in my previous post.Dr.Gupta and I did obtain good accuracy using the RamYantra , without climbing...
we did not use the string below the platform.We used it above and very close to the raised platform holding it to cut the umbra. AnAs ... you ... centre ... ...
But, there will be the curvature of the shadow itself that will spill outside a tautly held string - if the measurement is done near the umbra - this will...
Then you have to use the other Ram Yantra to locate the top of the shadow.You should not measure it on the floor. Tough isn't it! AnAs ... spill ... using ... ...
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