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The below images are part of a photo campaign by Traffic Police of Hyderabad. But this relevant to all India cities for sure!

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From: hemraj patil <hemraj_earth@...>
Date: Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:55 am
Subject: Lecture Series in IITBOBAY

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Lecture Series at Techfest will bridge the gap between the industry, academia and students by giving you an opportunity to interact with the most eminent personalities from varied fields of science, technology and even business.

Techfest boasts of an impressive list of past speakers including Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (Former President of India), Mr. Narayana Murthy (Chairman, Infosys), Prof. John Nash Jr. (Nobel Laureate), Mr. Rajat Gupta (CEO, McKinsey and Co.) and Prof. Kevin Warwick (first human cyborg).

Come face to face with your idols at Techfest 2008.

Prof Henry Schaefer

Director, Center for Computational Chemistry, University of Georgia

Schedule: 1300 hours, 25th January, 2008

Venue : IIT BOMBAY

Synopsis

The evolution of universe, its content have always been debatable even after stephen hawking discussed them in "A Brief History of Time" , still the subject of cosmology; more generally, poses many questions about the interface between science and theism, and some of these will be explored in the much awaited lecture. Discussing god's contribution in the making of universe while answering and commenting on the some of the never answered questions like extent and content dimensons of the universe; its beginning, its creation, its irreversibilty ,its eternity, what governs laws and constant of physics. Mr Schaeffer gives his stand on these debatable topics. Hear the nobel nominee himself answer and comment some of the untouched aspects of the mighty universe @ Techfest 2008.

About the speaker:

Professor Henry F. (Fritz) Schaefer is one of the most distinguished physical scientists in the world. The U.S. News and World Report cover story of December 23, 1991 speculated that Professor Schaefer is a “five time nominee for the Nobel Prize.” He is the author of a large number of scientific publications, and was the 6th most cited chemist from 1981 to 1997. He has received four of the most prestigious awards of the American Chemical Society, as well as the most highly esteemed award (the Centenary Medal) given to a non-British subject by London’s Royal Society of Chemistry. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Moreover, his general interest lectures on science and religion have riveted large audiences in nearly all the major universities in the U.S.A. and in Beijing, Berlin, Budapest, Calcutta, Cape Town, New Delhi, Hong Kong, Istanbul, London, Paris, Prague, Sarajevo, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sofia, St. Petersburg, Sydney, Tokyo, Warsaw, Zagreb, and Zürich.
Professor Schaefer is also a prominent proponent of intelligent design. He is a Fellow of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture, the hub of the intelligent design movement, and the International Society for Complexity, Information and Design, and a signer of the Discovery Institute's anti-evolution letter, A Scientific Dissent from Darwinism.
For 18 years Dr. Schaefer was a faculty member at the University of California at Berkeley, where he remains Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus. Since 1987 Dr. Schaefer has been Graham Perdue Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Center for Computational Chemistry at the University of Georgia.

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#118

From: "Captain Planet" <ratnesh_pandit@...>
Date: Sun Nov 4, 2007 9:59 am
Subject: Overview of comet

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Hi Planeteer,

I have uploaded one file of COmet overview.Just download it and
use "FLV player" to run.just google it.

Cheers

Happy Sky Watching

Ratnesh

#117

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Subject: New file uploaded to aac_dhule03

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#116

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#115

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#114

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#113

From: chetan thakare <thakare_chetan@...>
Date: Sat Oct 13, 2007 8:52 am
Subject: latest images of hubble telescope

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Sirius

This Hubble Space Telescope image shows Sirius A, the brightest star in our nighttime sky, along with its faint, tiny stellar companion, Sirius B. Astronomers overexposed the image of Sirius A [at center] so that the dim Sirius B [tiny dot at lower left] could be seen. The cross-shaped diffraction spikes and concentric rings around Sirius A, and the small ring around Sirius B, are artifacts produced within the telescope's imaging system. The two stars revolve around each other every 50 years. Sirius A, only 8.6 light-years from Earth, is the fifth closest star system known.

Sirius B, a white dwarf, is very faint because of its tiny size, only 7,500 miles in diameter. White dwarfs are the leftover remnants of stars similar to the sun. They have exhausted their nuclear fuel sources and have collapsed down to a very small size. Sirius B is about 10,000 times fainter than Sirius A. The white dwarf's feeble light makes it a challenge to study, because its light is swamped in the glare of its brighter companion as seen from telescopes on Earth. However, using the keen eye of Hubble's Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS), astronomers have now been able to isolate the light from Sirius B and disperse it into a spectrum. STIS measured light from Sirius B being stretched to longer, redder wavelengths due to the white dwarf's powerful gravitational pull. Based on those measurements, astronomers have calculated Sirius B's mass at 98 percent that of the sun. Analysis of the white dwarf's spectrum also has allowed astronomers to refine the estimate for its surface temperature to about 44,900 degrees Fahrenheit (25,200 degrees Kelvin).

Accurately determining the masses of white dwarfs is fundamentally important to understanding stellar evolution. The sun will eventually become a white dwarf. White dwarfs are also the source of Type Ia supernova explosions, which are used because of their brightness to measure the distance to distant galaxies and the expansion rate of the universe. Measurements based on Type Ia supernovae are fundamental to understanding "dark energy," a dominant repulsive force stretching the universe apart. Also, the method used to determine the white dwarf's mass relies on one of the key predictions of Einstein's theory of General Relativity: that light loses energy when it attempts to escape the gravity of a compact star. This effect is known as the gravitational redshift of the light.

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#112

From: chetan thakare <thakare_chetan@...>
Date: Sat Oct 13, 2007 8:44 am
Subject: the Brightest Star

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Sirius

Other Names:

Dog Star
Canicula
Aschere
Alpha Canis Majoris
HR 2491
HD 48915

Data:

Right Ascension: 06 45 08.9
Declination: -16 42 58
Apparent Magnitude: -1.46
Absolute Magnitude: 0.00
Distance: 8.6 LY
Spectral Type: A1Vm

Constellation: Canis Major

Sirius Information: Sirius, also known as the Dog Star, is the brightest star in the sky. It is also the sixth closest star to Earth. at 8.6 light years. Its name comes from the Greek word for scorching. In 1844, F.W. Bessel used analysis of its motion to determine that it had a companion. This companion was confirmed by observations in 1862 and is now known to be a white dwarf. Sirius B, the companion, has received considerable attention itself, since it is the first white dwarf with a spectrum to show a gravitational red shift as predicted by the general theory of relativity. Sirius is located in the constellation Canis Major

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#111

From: "hemraj_earth" <hemraj_earth@...>
Date: Thu Oct 4, 2007 4:49 am
Subject: Sunita L. Williams (Commander, USN)

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Keynote Lecture by Sunita Williams
Golden Jubilee edition of Zephyr '07 brings to you a Keynote Lecture
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Sunita L. Williams (Commander, USN)
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#110

From: "Captain Planet" <ratnesh_pandit@...>
Date: Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:32 am
Subject: Google is now planning to reach Space

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The search engine giant Google recently announced a 30 million dollar prize for a team that manages to send an unmanned buggy to the moon and beam back one gigabyte of images and video. The two Google partners announced this new prize,

dubbed the Lunar X-PRIZE, at Wired's fourth annual NextFest conference in Los Angeles. The X Prize Foundation will run the moon challenge, which is open to companies worldwide. The nonprofit institute, based in Santa Monica, Calif., is best known for hosting the Ansari X Prize contest, which led to the first manned private spaceflight in 2004.

A company or organisation that accomplishes the feat by the end of year 2012 would receive $20 million. If there were no winner, the purse would drop to $15 million until the end of 2014, when the offer expires. There is also a $5 million second-place prize and $5 million in bonus money for teams that go beyond the minimum requirements. So all this adds up to $30 million.

The competition comes at a time of revived interest in lunar exploration. Japan's space agency plans to launch its long-delayed orbiter from a Pacific island today. NASA plans next year to send probes to orbit and crash into the moon, the first of several lunar robotic projects before astronauts are sent to the moon in the next decade.

Way to go Google...

Cheers

Happy Sky Watching

#109

From: "Captain Planet" <ratnesh_pandit@...>
Date: Fri May 25, 2007 1:29 pm
Subject: ISRO starts a space school

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Here is a good news for all the students:  ISRO (Indian Space Research
Organization) is opening its own Space Science  and Technology School
for undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programmes.  See http://iist.
ac.in/index. htm for more information such as courses being offered and
eligibility.  Happy Sky Watching  Cheers Ratnesh Pandit 09823184863

#108

From: "Captain Planet" <ratnesh_pandit@...>
Date: Wed Mar 28, 2007 6:03 am
Subject: Aliens may live on over 17,000 planets nearby our galaxy

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1. Astronomers Margaret Turnbull and Jill Tarter of the Carnegie
Institution in Washington, D.C., have compiled a list of 17,129
nearby stars most likely to have planets that could support complex
life.

2. Astronomer Frank Drake made the first scientific attempt to
contact alien beings in 1960, when he used an 85-foot radio dish at
the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in West Virginia to listen
for signals from two nearby sunlike stars.

3. The more sophisticated efforts of the SETI Institute in Mountain
View, California, haven't fared any better. Since 1995, this
privately funded project has scanned more than 1,000 stars, at a
cost of $5 million a year, for alien radio squeaks.

4. Download software from the SETI@home project to sift for alien
signals on your home PC. 187,000 other people have.

5. Most likely spots for alien life in our solar system: underground
refuges on Mars, hot spots on Saturn's moon Enceladus (whose south
pole is dotted with geysers), and Jupiter's moons Europa and
Callisto (whose icy crusts may conceal vast, underlying oceans of
water).

6. Perhaps the earliest UFO sighting occurred in 1450 B.C., when
Egyptians saw bright circles of light in the sky. Some UFO
obsessives interpret Ezekiel: 1 in the Bible as a UFO report.

7. In a 2003 Harvard study, seven of 10 self-professed abductees
stated under hypnosis that they had been used for breeding or sexual
experiments by their alien captors.

8. Allan Cheyne, a psychologist at the University of Waterloo in
Ontario, says that those who believe they've been abducted by aliens
are often prone to experience sleep paralysis.

9. In space, no one can hear you sneeze: Streptococcus mitis, a
bacterium that infects the nose and throat, was inadvertently sent
to the moon aboard the Surveyor 3 probe. The bugs were still alive
when Apollo 12 astronauts retrieved the probe's camera two and a
half years later.

10. On September 30, 2006, the French Center for National Space
Studies beamed Cosmic Connexion, a TV program aimed at
extraterrestrials, at a sunlike star called Errai 45 light-years
from Earth. The video should reach them in 2051.

I have posted one photograph of Alien please check it out ....
Happy Sky Watching

News Source: Discover

#107

From: Amar Sharma <amar_universe@...>
Date: Sun Mar 4, 2007 9:51 pm
Subject: My astro-sketches - early March 2007 update

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Hello All,
        I am a very active deep-sky observer and apart
from that am also from sometime into something pretty
exciting even though not yet completely exciting to
me!! Astro-sketching! I've somehow managed to sketch
12 various celestial bodies on a simple paper with a
simple pencil...ofcourse I've just begun and am
improving slowly over time!

Here I would like to share with you all my sketches, 2
of the latest which have been scanned yesterday.
Please note that it's drawn by a novice/beginner
astro-sketcher, me & I hope that you will consider
that! Sketching celestial objects gives a person a
chance to express himself his best on paper of what
the eye sees in low-light levels, something requiring
immense patience as observing or photographing (or
even more!!) itself. Surely it's not comparable to
terrestial sketching where we draw what our eyes see
best in broad daylight...it's WAY tougher to draw even
a line or dot for a celestial object, as I've realized
and you also will when you're doing it yourself!!

http://s85.photobucket.com/albums/k77/amar_universe/astronomy/Sketches/

The following objects below are sketched until now as
per early-March 2007 (below list is in order of
appearance on my webpage) (also in brackets at the end
is the year of having made the sketches):

1) Comet C/2006 P1 McNaught (Jan 2007)
2) NGC 4565 - beautiful lovely and long, edge-on
galaxy in Coma Berenices (Feb 2007)
3) Rendezvous b/w comet P/2006 T1 Levy and bright Leo
Galaxy NGC 3521 (Oct 2006)
4) Comet 4/P Faye - second view (Oct 2006)
5) Comet 4/P Faye - first view (Sep 2006)
6) Comet C/2006 M4 SWAN (Oct 2006)
7) Comet 73/P Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 fragment "C" (May
2006)
8) Comet 73/P Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 fragment "B" (May
2006)
9) Comet C/2004 Q2 Machholz (Dec 2005)
10) Sculptor galaxy - NGC 253 (~april-may 2006)
11) Comet C/2006 A1 Pojmanski (Feb/march 2006)
12) Earth's Natural satellite and closest Neighbour -
Our Moon (sometime in mid-2005)

Two of my personal & only best ones are Moon and NGC
4565..everything else is comparitively horrible..I
agree!! :( Also you will see that 9 out of 12 of them
are fortunately "comets", as I didnt want to lose them
forever out of our Solar System..everything else can
wait! :) I need to sketch 3 more comets I've seen in
my list from memory sometime soon, it's very necessary
(two seen way back in 2004; LINEAR & NEAT and one just
a few months back, Garradd).

There are ONLY 12 above because I get literally
"bored" in EACH observing session to draw anything and
this is happening since past FEW months..or else I
would have had MUCH more drawings with me!! :( Surely
my dormant interest is rising higher with each
upcoming sketch and soon I wish to have my own album
with overflowing wonderful sketches in it! Comments
for EACH IMAGE from all are wanted, and negative
comments also ARE wanted, as to where to improve. I
surely would look forward to see your drawings
too..your personal representations of the heavens
above. Ofcourse a lot can be shared between us, so
please do share them. Tips from experts are most
wanted. More of my drawings/sketches on the
way..please wait. Best of luck to all. Thanking You.
Amar A. Sharma.

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#106

From: "Amar" <amar_universe@...>
Date: Sun Feb 18, 2007 12:01 pm
Subject: Detailed Introduction from new member

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Hello All,
          This is a new member to your group, Amar Sharma, just joined
here less than 2 weeks back. I'm currently residing in the Silicon
Valley (IT Capital of India) Bangalore and surely our group down
here wont be known to all of you. Basically am from my native at
Thane city beside Mumbai itself! We're just a new group of active
amateurs in B'lore city are named as the Bangalore Astronomical
Society (BAS) (http://www.bas.org.in). We are mainly into sky-
observations as our activity and we are also into outreach as of now.
We're yet to make our new presence felt in this city and we'll take
some time for that. Our members possess a range of scopes starting
from 4.5" Celestron (manual tracking), 6", 2-3 8inches, a 9.25"
Celestron GOTO, and recently a 12" f/4.5 Dobsonian telescope imported
from US...thus we have quite a few wonderful instruments! (http://
www.basblog.wordpress.com/gallery)

That was the small summary of our group. Here I would like to further
introduce myself and share with everyone my recent/latest personal
astronomical 'expeditions'. I'm mainly an OBSESSED deep-sky observer
since 2002 when I just entered astronomy. Since then sky observations
have captivated me like NOTHING ELSE in my life!! I entered sky-
observations first in 2002 and on my own I've been doing it only from
June 2003-July 2004 (6 months monsoons included) and again for some
time after that.

But that was when I was into the basic stuff with a 6" scope from my
house terrace, it was limited then...my real observations began since
December 2005-May 2006 and September 2006 to present! This..I mean
THIS is the MAIN turnover in my observations career! If you take into
consideration "effectively" this 1 year it's in this period only that
I've been observing VERY ACTIVELY with a friend's 8" equatorial
scope. I was so very frequent for sky observations that in this small
period, after Thursday's (15th Feb) observing session (a historic one
for me!) I've managed to observe...370+ Deep-sky objects (DSO's)!!
And the best part is I've observed of 200+ galaxies which I just
crossed that day..thats 54% of my huge total count is only galaxies!!!

If you see and count that in my webpage that around 117 of them are
itself from the few major regions of Leo (24), Ursa Major (28), Coma
Berenices (25), Virgo (21) and Fornax (19) and COUNTING!!! I
myself can't believe that I've observed, recorded and moreover
confirmed names of 200 galaxies..such a HUGE number in this short
period of EFFECTIVE 1 year..with a 8" scope THAT TOO (except for just
a handful few with a 12" scope)!!

And out of 150 globulars observable in the Milky-Way and just 100-110
visible from our latitude (others are far South below horizon), I
could observe 4 new globulars that day making my total count come to
73..that's whole 73 out of 100-110, just 30 more and I finish this
globular chapter..which I hope to do in this VERY season before 2007
May as now we have a 12" scope!!!

Hence my total object-count out of 370+ DSO's stands like this :
around 206 confirmed galaxies (there will be around 215 actually
seen!!), 73 globulars, 10 comets, 1 asteroid, 57 open clusters, 15
planetary nebulae (this last object is my weakness!). You will note
that usually open clusters are the objects what amateurs begin with,
and I'm just at pathetic 57 of them (my Messier Catalog is remaining
thanks to the opens close to Sagittarius region, I've never
concentrated and completed it!)..whereas you'll see SUCH A HUGE
number for galaxies and globulars, showing my craze for the real and
faint deep-sky stuff, galaxies and globulars.

I observe using the Cambridge Star Atlas from the British Library
here, first it was the old version and now the new version which my
friend purchased. So my next agenda would be to : cross 300 galaxies
atleast, and finish all observable globulars from our latitude (~100)
and then get on with open clusters and learn planetary nebulae to
increase my DSO count to more than 500-700 or so...actually AS
maximum as possible..all this with a 8" scope!!!!

I'm madly obsessed with comets and plan to enter comet-hunting from
India (an initiative taken by just quarter of dozen or so people from
here or mostly even NONE!!). Comets are next to my breath! (More on
this sometime later). I've observed 7 binocular level comets and 3
faint ones from January 2004 until now recently. I'm out to hopefully
discover one too, the FIRST EVER in India FROM within India, after
Dr. Vainu Bappu the legend who is the ONLY Indian to do it but from
outside India..my LIFELONG insatiable passion/obsession!!!! I'm VERY
SURE of getting ATLEAST ONE once I start comet hunting after getting
my own instruments (as of now I have one 9.5" f/5.1 dobsonian scope
but has very bad optics)!!! I could spot/observe the historic latest
brightest Comet C/2006 P1 McNaught we had, on 13th and 14th January
2007.

This year on March 17 for the first time ever I plan to enter Messier
Marathon 2007 with my friend's 12" scope and am personally expecting
to cross 90 or even 100 objects with ease due to scope's large
aperture, but without pratice!! Moreover I also plan for a "Double
Marathon" going again on a week-day just few days after that, say
20th March again to observe with the 8" equatorial scope and finish
as many expected objects as possible (say 90+ this time)...let's just
hope for best!

Please have a look at my webpage which surely has some interesting
info..my observing log, Diary section of astronomical events, trip to
Lonar Meteor Crater, trip to Kavalur Observatory (housing Asia's
largest telescope, a 2.3 metre or 93 inches one!), my few photos, and
my astro-drawings too..I'm sure you'll just love it! Comments/replies
are wanted : http://www.angelfire.com/space2/amar

You can as well join my yahoogroups "majestic_universe" which is
general astronomy based and is at times the MOST active group around!
The other is "comet_observing_india" which is evidently Asia's ONLY
comet (or minor planet related for that instance) yahoogroup!! I
infact welcome EACH and every one of you to join there and make
astronomy a more success. I've spoken more than enough for now, I'll
take leave and will wait for some replies/comments by fellow amateur
friends here. Thanking You. Amar.

#105

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#103

From: "krishnavaidya2004" <krishnavaidya2004@...>
Date: Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:41 am
Subject: comet mcnaught

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Hello friends

I was able to spot out comet in day light today at 12.10 noon.
Spectacular. Wow, what a dare factor. I was able to see in my 10X50
binoculars. It was left to the sun. Just take little more than half
in your binocular glasses from the edge of the sun. It looked like
fluffy, soft white cotton,  shape - just as thumb impression made
through ink. I could even see venus. I went to see during tea break
and I could see the comet at 3.40 PM too. It was little longer at
12.10 than at 3.40 PM. Well I was disappointed  when I couldn't see
for two days from mumbai beaches. Friends, if possible go get a look
in day light. Be sure to inform all your non astronomy friends not to
look at sun even through binoculars. Many of us would have spoted out
in day time. I estimate its magnitude -1.5 but big enough in
binoculars. I just want to see how it will look before sunset since
sunset would not be visible from my office. Pl do not be disappointed
for those who haven't seen yet. It is visible form our country so you
will definitely see it. Get help of binoculars.
Wish you all very best

Regards
Krishna
Mumbai

#102

From: "Vimal Mamania" <vimalastro@...>
Date: Sun Jan 14, 2007 11:37 pm
Subject: Cheap way of promoting astronomy

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Hi friends,

It might look odd as I normally don�t post and specifically don�t post long msg�s, but I feel and think there is need of immediate attention and protest against these people who are doing the shameful work. Down hear (at end of msg.) I have pasted the conversation happened in one of the major astronomy e-group, and I�m proud and responsible member of same group.

Pls. be aware of this link (www.astroindia.net) as I feel that it�s a hoax or kind of cheating with amateurs. Cos. the offers are too tempting and sweet for new comers, like astronomy courses, diploma, and life membership (@ few 1000 Rs) etc� (as far as selling stuff may be ok but educating and giving diplomas is not and may mislead people) pls. visit the site for more info and any experienced amateur will agree with me. And I�m sure these kinds of activities will discourage and disappoint India�s growing (and struggling) community of Astronomers including new comers and students.

I almost studied this for 4 hours and I also traced the web site owner and details of website, which is pasted below it clearly shows that this guys has come online in last month and mostly not doing what he claims. (Non tach-savvy�s Pls. don�t get in to this)

Registrant: Make this info private

Mishra, Prasanth

112 - New Delhi, Delhi 500011

Domain Name: ASTROINDIA.NET

Administrative Contact :

Mishra, Prasanth

pmchaudhary@...

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Phone: 9393091212

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This can be found on line on apnic�s web site.

On the site (www.astroindia.net) on �about us� link the owner has said that �Astronomy is the mother of all science� but has forgotten the kind of respect should be given to Mother. I feel very embarrassed that these kinds of people are there in India between us.

I�m really humiliated about/by this guys, but proud to open up this kind of scandal (may god bless our community and forgive them).

I feel that update was necessary, so I�m posting this msg to all the Indian astronomy groups. And I wish, and request moderators to approve this ASAP. And individuals to give opinion. I�m sure ur opinions will force this guys to shut there business (and website) or at least force them to be honest.

Humble request:-

Especially to Respected Rathnasree Nandivada Mam (Director, Nehuru Planetarium, Delhi), this is first interaction with u but I have seen u once on TV on news channel Last year (we really need encouraging people like u in Mumbai only exception is Sir. Mayank V) and other Amateurs pls. share ur opinion about this mail cos I honestly feel this was odd post. But ur opinion will encourage or correct me and others which will be beneficial to entire Indian amateur astronomers community.

Dissimilar:-

I dint intend to offend any one (bye, bye and sorry for ur loss www.astroindia.net) but my intention was to save our community. Pls. be conscious (astronomers) and people like u better be cautious and don�t try to make money from amateurs cos we are now matured. (and I also wish and pray that I or no one in India will need to post this kind of mail, I mean��.)

I guess u got what and why mean!

Still dint get!!!! Ok then guess what.

(cos we can erase this kind of people if we are awake) pls. wake up.

Regards,

Vimal Mamania

Member (Vegaclub)

Here is the pasted conversation, the entire conversation can be found online on following link of E-group http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vegaclubmumbai/message/1001

-hi friends!

myself prashant k mishra from n. delhi.being a member of

This group and all the major astronomical associations, I would like

To tell u all that we are a team of amateur astronomers who are

teaching astronomy in schools across delhi and many other states.not

only this ,we are leding manufacturers of telescopes,importer of

binoculars,astronomical books,c.d.,games etc.for all your needs

related to astronomy we are here to deliver any product at your

doorstep.just visit our url--WWW.ASTROINDIA.NET and come to us for

all your needs related to astronomy.

bye

-- In vegaclubmumbai@yahoogroups.com, "VEGA CLUB" <vegaclub@...>

wrote:

Hello Ghanshyam,

I am afraid in India we dont have a vast market for telescopes.

The only Manufacturer in India is Mr.Raju Patel (022-23865649) also u

can visit www.tejraj.com for products & prices.

But observing planets and other deep sky objects is a lot

different then what we see in pictures so dont be mislead by them. Also if you are from Mumbai You can attend any of our programs where you can

get to observe a lot of objects too.

Regards,

Deven Mhatre

VEGA CLUB, Mumbai.

--- In vegaclubmumbai@yahoogroups.com, "Ghanshyam Shetye" <shyam_123india@> wrote:

Hi all

I have one question for you all.

I regularly watch astronomy related programs on Discovery & Nat

Geo.

But I don't have right instruments to observe planets. And in

sky I can recognize only two objects one is sun and second is moon. Once I figure out mars when it was near to earth.

Please guide me what are the right instrument to observe

Distance planets (solar system members, galaxies, comets) and how to

Tract them.

Thanks

#101

From: "Vimal Mamania" <vimalastro@...>
Date: Sat Jan 13, 2007 8:52 pm
Subject: Comet McNaught and success

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Hi,

Today my first attempt to find McNaught Was a success. After Mayur and Pritam chasing comet for two Days unsuccessfully. I decided to join them and convinced Mayur to go to Naigoan Stn. as there is good horizon available just out side the stn. And also we could go for normal observation at Chinchoti.

The comet was first seen by Pritam followed by me and Mayur using Pritam�s 7X50 Binox. All though there were clouds and haze we were lucky to see the comet. The sky was in really bad condition but still we managed to see the comet for around 8-10 mins.

Equipments : 7X50 Emson Binox

Sky condition : Hazy with partial cloud cover

Time of observation : 18:17 IST 13^th Jan 07

Observers : Pritam Pawar, Mayur Hulsar and Vimal Mamania

Place : Naigoan

Magnitude : Approx -1

Tail Length : Approx 1/4 Degrees

Secondary tail : Not Visible

Coma : Bright and undiffused

Comments : Very Impressive comet but couldn�t see with naked eye,

and I also noticed that the tail had little yellow tint although

Mayur didn�t agree. It was one of the best Comet in my

life. Looked like an albino tadpole.

Regards,

Vimal Mamania

Member (Vega Club)

#100

From: Gor Nishant <nishantgor@...>
Date: Mon Jan 8, 2007 3:58 pm
Subject: New mail IDs

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This ID is also Working So Don't 4get This ID Please

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#99

From: hemraj patil <hemraj_earth@...>
Date: Tue Jan 2, 2007 12:45 pm
Subject: HNY

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#98

From: "Captain Planet" <ratnesh_pandit@...>
Date: Tue Dec 12, 2006 6:12 am
Subject: Completed One Year Successfully!!!

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Hello Planeteers

Today our yahoogroup is completed one year & this is only because of
you...

Also I want to mention that though this is a begining but your
contribution as well as activeness is most important for this group.
So I request you to please share your knowledge,keep mailing...because
every body is in need of proper guidance & knowledge...& without you,it
could not be possible....
So Keep Mailinig & be active...

Once Again Happy Sky Watching!!!

Wish You All The Best.

Ratnesh Pandit
(9823184863)

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#91

From: "Captain Planet" <ratnesh_pandit@...>
Date: Thu Nov 16, 2006 6:24 am
Subject: Indian Student Wins Award to Study Near-Earth Asteroids

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Vishnu Reddy, a University of North Dakota graduate student is the
recipient of the 2007 Eugene M Shoemaker Impact Cratering Award. The
award is presented by the Planetary Geology Division of the
Geological Society of America to support graduate research worldwide
in the fields of geology, geophysics, geochemistry, astronomy, or
biology. The award was announced at a special session during the GSA
annual meeting in Philadelphia honoring UND Space Studies professor Dr
Michael Gaffey, who was awarded the Gilbert Award.

Named after the famed planetary geologist Gene Shoemaker, the award,
which includes $2000, supports research on impact cratering processes,
the bodies (asteroidal or cometary) that make the impacts, or the
geological, chemical or biological results of impact cratering.
Reddy's research involves determining the diameter of
potentially- hazardous asteroids using near-infrared spectroscopy and
thermal modeling. The research will be conducted using the NASA
Infrared Telescope Facility on Mauna Kea, Hawai'i. Reddy's proposal is
the first astronomically- based research selected by the selection
committee for the award.

Reddy is currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of Earth System
Science and Policy and works with Dr Gaffey in Space Studies.

Happy Sky Watching
Ratnesh Pandit