hey guys, sorry I have been dormant for just too long. I missed last month's lunar eclipse, but saw the 1 last year from LA. have pics, will send you some...
Will there be any Khagol Mandal members during the star party at Nainital? I would dearly love to meet khagol mandal members, there (or anywhere else that...
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Hello, The file you have uploaded is in .docx format. I could open it because I have MS-Office07 but that won't be a case with everyone on the group. So I...
Hello, would the Khagol Mandal members care to contribute with observations that quantify light pollution in different regions of Mumbai and outskirts? ...
Hello all amateur astronomers - many of you will be having plans of taking out a telescope to a roadside location, for the International Sidewalk Astronomy Day...
All Gujarat Astronomers Meet 2008 Dear Friends Some queries were there about the Gujarat Meet So here is some clarifications and information hope you will...
Hello Mam, This is certainly a good post about International Sidewalk Astronomy Day or rather I would say another interesting post from you! But Khagol Mandal...
Hello, Yes, next year 2009 is International Astronomy Year. I have already posted regarding this. You will find the link given by Aniket in reply to that mail....
Hello, A well written article has been published in todays (Thursday,17th April) Hindustan Times supplement 'Cafe'. I request all (especially those who are not...
Thanks Saurabh, Its really a nice article...as soon as i read this mail, i checked HT website and found that article on this link Check out everyone! ...
For all you young space professionals and students in India, the applications are now open for the Space Generation Congress (SGC) 2008 which will be held in...
Hi All here are some of the pics taken by Anurag on May 3rd from Vangani.. Even I and Amar Sharma tried our hands at Barn Door mount which is used to track...
the light pollution in Vangani seems to be worsening. high time that we shift out and find further remote place with better sky. esp for the photography...
Nice pix Sameer Tomorrow i understand there is an occultation of Mars. Can u give some more information on how I can photograph the event thanks regards subbu ...
Dear friends It was a great evening at Nerul Gymkhana. We had Milind leading the Khagol Mandal team for the star gazing nite for the children attending the...
dear salil Thanks sorry I did not note the timings. Actually we were having the star gazing nite and since i was the chief coordinator had to alternate between...
Hi All here are some of the pics we ( Nilesh Desai and Me) took on May 10th, 2008. Unfortunately Mars Occultation pics were too bad due to very windy...
Venus will have its Superior conjunction this June. But it's going to be special this time. As it will go beyond the Sun's disk i.e. Sun will Eclipse the...
A caution, though. The coronograph disk covers more than the angular diameter of the Sun, in these images. So, Venus will disappear much before it actually...
Hi Rathnasree, What is the angular disk size of the coronograph? And what are the other faithful methods to observe the event? -Sandesh Kulkarni ... angular...
Hello Sandesh, will you be able to access this paper http://www.springerlink.com/content/943584ltn0172134/ I do not have JSTOR access so am not able to access...
HI, I checked the link, but it's giving just the brief discription of the paper and you need to pay for the original paper. So I could not get the information...
sandesh, how big do u think the coronograph disc is ? the basic purpose of of Solar coronograph is to study the Corona of Sun. During Solar maxima the extend...