Kerala, in pcular Kanyakumari is quite off the center line. for ASE the belt is wide...wider than TSE belt, i suppose. so the time noted for contact might...
Dear members I do not wish to spend time on the matters in which you are not interested. I only wish to point out that I have proved that present astronomical...
Thats why i am thinking of Rameshwaram.. more near the center line. hence the annularity would be more centered. Any info about the position of venus?? '> Can...
Hi!! has any one in the group has done spectroscopy at amateur level. It will be exciting to graduate from visual observation and astro-photography to...
Does any one know where we can get a good diffraction grating at affordable price in india? On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 10:22 AM, venkyforvenkatesh < ... [Non-text...
Hi All, There are 2 types of Gratings available, Original Grating which is itched in glass and replica grating, which is plastic (??) copy of glass grating. I...
in 1995, we purchased grating ( not replica) from Gordhandas Desai Ltd. it was 6000 line per cm. the difference in grating and replica is that Grating shows...
Great Sameer. Just tell me what equipment configuration you would suggest for spectroscopic study. I have a 9.25 SCT OTA with CG5 GOTO mount and all the...
Hey Guys, Saw this forward on one the yahoo groups.....it is indeed very interesting, the reason I am forwarding this here, is want your esteemed opinion about...
I am repeating my appeal. Kindly refrain from making unscientific postings here. There is not much science in the story. The 5000 year old dates are not at all...
Dear All, Our AAA (Bombay), born in '77 is revived again with enthusiasm and passion after a long slumber in the "International Year for Astronomy IYA-2009" to...
dear Nilesh, it is a pleasure to hear restarting of AAA in Mumbai. I do wish the group a great start and may the new inning be as fruitful as the earlier...
I feel that we may specify the scope and area of discussions on this group in our groups description clearly (on yahoo-groups). This may help us a little in...
I am sorry to write this but the reply from Mr. Desai i feel is a bit harsh, the question that i had forwarded was not to start any stupid topic, i had some...
Geeta, I don't think Nilesh's comments were rude. They were not directed towards you. They were just the fact. The signal to noise ratio on this group is...
Hello Geeta and others, I understand the sentiments of group members about the earlier 'nasty' discussions. Yet i do believe Geeta's question is out of...
Okey. I accept what Abhay said. I think I should have given bit more explanation on why such dates should be outrightly rejected. Here it is: When any person...
At the Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi, the following might be of interest to many: we are trying to do a webcasting with a chat window open, so online...
I have just tested out the Ustream.tv webcast set up for the Public Lecture and the Workshop on Ep Aur. However, we do not yet have the fast internet...
Hi All The year 2009 marks the four hundredth anniversary of the first astronomical Observation through a telescope by the great Italian scientist Galileo...
Hello, Happy Diwali to all the members of khagol mandal. I request you to avoid bursting crackers (as far as possible). Crackers are disaster to the ecological...
Hi, Recent analysis shows that wipe out of dinosaurs may have caused not really due to Chicxulub Impact but due to Shiva crater centered at Bombay High. Read...
the Shiva crater was reported long time back. It is back into the news due to 'yet againg announcing the same result'. The new flavor is that of Shiva crater...
I totally agree with Abhay. There is not much study of crater itself and because of size and location of crater it seems to be beyond reach of Indian ...
Hi, This is about accuracy of Dinasaur Extinction dating. Recently Paul Renne and his team from University of California, Berkeley has refined the dating...
Dr Chatterjee, though of Indian Origin is at Uni of Texas and i think has good support for crater related work. The issue needs to be focussed upon, which i...
as i pointed in other mail, the debate might exist for sake of debate. how ever the issue of iridium existence needs to be explained by Volcanic activity...