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October 05, 2008, at 10:56 PM EST by Rathnasree -
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All the speakers and all the participants who have come from such widely separated locations

October 05, 2008, at 10:42 PM EST by Rathnasree -
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Online/Chat/Skype Sessions

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The last day of the workshop is mainly meant for the participants to discuss possible long term projects that they could undertake, with some guidance through the online group interaction, which will include all the speakers and will also have other members from all over the world, who could help in this.

There will be some presentations before the open discussions by participants, which will be mainly related to possible small celestial science with moderate apertures and amateur imaging

Presentations

Timings are inclusive of 5 minutes for discussions

Chair : Dr. Priya Hasan

Small Science with webcam imaging 10:00-10:20 Stepham Seip, Germany

Celestial Variability 10:20-11:00 Dr. Santosh Joshi, ARIES, Nainital

Variable star photometry 11:-00-11:20 Dr. Kurtadikar

CCD Photometry projects for students 11:20-11:40 Sukanto Deb, Delhi University

Tea: 11:40-11:50

Chair: Prof. Jayant Murthy

Vigyan Prasar activities and projects for the International Year of Astronomy 11:50-12:15 Arvind Ranade, Vigyan Prasar

(Open Discussions (preliminary) - the open discussion session is actually post lunch, but, this segment is for participants who are leaving early )

Nukkad Natak - Taare Sadak Par - a street play on light pollution awareness 12:30-12:45

Measuring Light pollution "project dark skies" by C B Devgun 12:45-1:00

Lunch 1:00-2:00

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Co-ordinators Prof. Tushar Prabhu, Prof. Jayant Murthy, Dr. Priya Hassan, Dr. Padmakar Parihar, Stephan Seip, C.B. Devgun, Ajay Talwar

Presentations

Variable star photometry 3:30-4:00 Dr. M. L. Kurtadikar, Jalna Education Society's College, Jalna

Photometry projects for students Arvind Ranade, Vigyan Prasar

Student contributions in the calibration of the Jantar Mantar instruments N. Rathnasree, Nehru Planetarium

(to be completed)

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Chair : Mike Simmons, Astronomers without Borders

Star Peace at the borders Irene Shivaei, from Iran

Nepal Astronomical Society

Bangalore Astronomical Society

Gujrat Amateur Astronomers - Bhuj, Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Veraval, Surat

Goa amateur astronomy activities

TANASTRO from Chennai

All other open discussions :-)

On the beginning of our year long (and more) of family interactions and projects

Thank You,

Prof. Yashpal, Prof. Tushar Prabhu, Ajay Talwar, CB Devgun, Vikrant Narang, Raghu, Nikhil, Megha, Mayank, Ashmeet and everyone

All the staff of Nehru Planetarium, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library

S.P.A.C.E. and the wonderful experience of the Nuh observations

TWAN and its inspiration

National Bal Bhavan and in particular, Asha Bhattacharjee, Aswini, Neha and her music group

Indian Institute of Astrophysics

Aryabhata Institute of Observational Sciences

Vigyan Prasar

National Council of Science Technology and Communication

And the spirit of Astronomers without Borders

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The spirit of "The World at Night" 10:55-11:05

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The spirit of "The World at Night" 10:55-11:00

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Tea 11:05-11:15 AM

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Tea 11:00-11:15 AM

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Chair : Stephan Seip

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Chair : Mike Simmons

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Inauguration and Inaugural Address 10:00-10:15 AM

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Inaugural Address 10:00-10:15 AM

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The spirit of "The World at Night" 10:55-11:00

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The spirit of "The World at Night" 10:55-11:05

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Tea 11:00-11:10 AM

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Tea 11:05-11:15 AM

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Chair : Rupamanjari Ghosh

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Chair : Prof. Tushar Prabhu

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From Stars to Quasars 11:10-11:35

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From Stars to Quasars 11:15-11:50

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Celestial Variability 11:35-11:55 Dr. Santosh Joshi, Aryabhatta Institute of Observational Sciences, Nainital

The Active Sun 11:55-12:15 PM

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The Active Sun 11:50-12:15 PM

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Chair : Guahar Raza

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Chair : Stephan Seip

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Lunch 1:20-2:15 PM

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Lunch 1:20-2:10 PM

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Polar alignment 2:15-2:30 PM

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Polar alignment 2:10-2:30 PM

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Young Speakers reacting to the session Ashmeet Singh and Avnish Birla Vidya Niketan

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Young Speaker reacting to the session Ashmeet Singh Birla Vidya Niketan

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Young Speaker reacting to the session Thiru Senthil

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CCD photometry Dr. Padmakar Parihar 12:00-12:30

Science with webcam imaging Stephan Seip 12:30-1:00

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CCD photometry Dr. Padmakar Parihar 11:00-11:45

Science with webcam imaging Stephan Seip 11:45-12:30

Young Speaker reacting to the session Nikhil Pawar

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Lunch 1:00 - 2:00

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Lunch 12:30 - 1:30

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Photometry of Novae 2:00-2:30 Prof. N.M. Ashok, Physical Research Laboratories, Ahmedabad

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Celestial Variability 2:00-2:30 Dr. Santosh Joshi, Aryabhatta Institute of Observational Sciences, Nainital

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Young Speaker reacting to the session Tushar Gupta

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The Sky by Amar Sharma and (?)

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The Sky by Amar Sharma

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Possible student projects in pattern recognition using spacecraft planetary images 2:30-3:00 Sanjay Limaye, Office of Space Science Education University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Young Speaker reacting to the session Avnish

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Young Speaker reacting to the session Gunjan Bansal

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Aspects of Image Processing 4:00-4:20 PM

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Imaging the planets 4:00-4:10 PM Ajay Talwar

Aspects of Image Processing 4:10-4:30 PM

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Deep Sky Astrophotography 4:20-5:00

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Deep Sky Astrophotography 4:30-5:10

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Special Discussion Planned activities for the International Year of Astronomy, by the NCSTC 5:00 : 5:20 PM

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Special Discussion Planned activities for the International Year of Astronomy, by the NCSTC 5:10 : 5:30 PM

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Chair : Prof. H.P. Singh

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Chair : Dr. Anuj Sinha

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Dr. Santosh Joshi, Aryabhatta Institute of Observational Science, Nainital

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Dr. Santosh Joshi, Aryabhatta Institute of Observational Sciences, Nainital

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Prof. Wahabuddin, Aryabhatta Institute of Observational Science, Nainital

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Prof. Wahabuddin, Aryabhatta Institute of Observational Sciences, Nainital

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Mike Simmons, President Astronomers without Borders, Co-Chair, 100 Hours of Astronomy, Corberstone Project for the International Year of Astronomy

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Mike Simmons, President Astronomers without Borders, Co-Chair, 100 Hours of Astronomy, Cornerstone Project for the International Year of Astronomy

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Celestial Variability 11:35-11:50

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Celestial Variability 11:35-11:55

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The Active Sun 11:50-12:15 PM

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The Active Sun 11:55-12:15 PM

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Special Discussion Planned activities for the International Year of Astronomy, by the NCSTC 5:5:20 PM

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Special Discussion Planned activities for the International Year of Astronomy, by the NCSTC 5:00 : 5:20 PM

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Inauguration of the TWAN exhibition at 5:30 PM

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Inauguration and Inaugural Address 10:00-10:10 AM

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Inauguration and Inaugural Address 10:00-10:15 AM

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Key Note Address 10:10 – 10:40 AM

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Key Note Address 10:15 - 10:45 AM

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The spirit of Astronomers Without Borders 10:40-10:50

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The spirit of Astronomers Without Borders 10:45-10:55

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The spirit of "The World at Night" 10:50-11:00

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The spirit of "The World at Night" 10:55-11:00

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Chair : Dr. Anuj Sinha

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Chair : Rupamanjari Ghosh

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From Stars to Quasars 11:10-11:30

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From Stars to Quasars 11:10-11:35

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Celestial Variability 11:30-11:50

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Celestial Variability 11:35-11:50

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The Active Sun 11:50-12:10 PM

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The Active Sun 11:50-12:15 PM

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Young Speaker reacting to the session : Anurag Garg Nehru Planetarium

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Young Speaker reacting to the session : Rohan Mittal, Indore University

October 01, 2008, at 08:29 PM EST by Rathnasree -
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Inauguration and Inaugural Address 10:00 – 10:10 AM

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Inauguration and Inaugural Address 10:00-10:10 AM

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Tea 10:45-11:00 AM

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Tea 11:00-11:10 AM

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Celestial Variability 11:00-11:25

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From Stars to Quasars 11:10-11:30 Prof. Patrick Das Gupta, Delhi University

Celestial Variability 11:30-11:50

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The Active Sun 11:25-11:50 PM

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The Active Sun 11:50-12:10 PM

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From Stars to Quasars 11:50-12:15 Prof. Patrick Das Gupta, Delhi University

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October 01, 2008, at 08:23 PM EST by Rathnasree -
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Inauguration and Inaugural Address 10:00 – 10:15 AM

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Inauguration and Inaugural Address 10:00 – 10:10 AM

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Key Note Address 10:15 – 10:45 AM

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Key Note Address 10:10 – 10:40 AM

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The spirit of Astronomers Without Borders 10:40-10:50 Mike Simmons, President Astronomers without Borders, Co-Chair, 100 Hours of Astronomy, Corberstone Project for the International Year of Astronomy

The spirit of "The World at Night" 10:50-11:00 Babak Tafreshi, Director, The World at Night, Special Project of the International Year of Astronomy

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Chair : Prof. Tushar Prabhu

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Chair : Babak Tafreshi

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Chair : Prof. Tushar Prabhu

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Landscape Astrophotography

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Landscape Astrophotography

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Gamma Ray Burst optical after glows 11:50-12:15 Prof. S.B.Pandey, Aryabhatta Institute of Observational Science, Nainital

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From Stars to Quasars 11:50-12:15 Prof. Patrick Das Gupta, Delhi University

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Special Discussion Planned activities for the International Year of Astronomy, by the NCSTC 5:5:20 PM Ujjwala Tirkey, NCSTC

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Measuring Light pollution "project dark skies"- A student's project by C B Devgun 5:15-5:35

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Measuring Light pollution "project dark skies" - A student's project by C B Devgun 5:15-5:35

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Imaging and Processing

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Imaging and Processing

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Inaugural Address 10:00 – 10:15 AM

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Inauguration and Inaugural Address 10:00 – 10:15 AM

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Young Speaker summarising the session : Raghu Kalra Ryan International School

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Young Speaker reacting to the session : Raghu Kalra Ryan International School

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Still Camera/piggy back/prime focus/afocal/eye piece projection issues 2:50-3:15 PM

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Still Camera/piggy back/prime focus/afocal/eye piece projection issues 2:30-3:00 PM

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Digital astrophotography: with webcams,SLR and CCD cameras 3:15-3:50

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Digital astrophotography: with webcams,SLR and CCD cameras 3:00-3:20

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Tea 3:30-3:45 PM

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Tea 3:20-3:30 PM

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Chair : Prof. H.P. Singh

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Imaging the Sun 3:50-4:20 PM

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Imaging the Sun 3:30-4:00 PM

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Aspects of Image Processing 4:00-4:20 PM Stephan Seip, Germany

September 29, 2008, at 11:42 PM EST by Rathnasree -
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Young Speaker reacting to the session : Ashmeet Singh, Birla Vidya Niketan

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Young Speaker reacting to the session : Megha Rajoria, Moti Lal Nehru College

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Polar alignment 2:30-2:50 PM

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Polar alignment 2:15-2:30 PM

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Young Speakers reacting to the session Ashmeet Singh and Avnish Birla Vidya Niketan

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Young Speaker summarising the session : Ashmeet Singh, Birla Vidya Niketan

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Young Speaker reacting to the session : Ashmeet Singh, Birla Vidya Niketan

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Young Speaker summarising the session : Avnish, Birla Vidya Niketan

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Young Speaker reacting to the session : Anurag Garg Nehru Planetarium

Chair : Guahar Raza

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Landscape Astrophotography 12:30-1:15

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Landscape Astrophotography 12:15-1:00

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Basic Astrophotography and Star Trails 1:15-1:45

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Basic Astrophotography and Star Trails 1:00-1:20

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Young Speaker summarising the session : Raghu Kalra Ryan International School

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Lunch 1:45-2:30 PM

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Lunch 1:20-2:15 PM

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Chair : Prof. Tushar Prabhu

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Young Speaker summarising the session : Avnish, Birla Vidya Niketan

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Young Speaker summarising the session : Ashmeet Singh, Birla Vidya Niketan

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Tea Break 10:45-11:00 AM

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Tea 10:45-11:00 AM

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Chair : Dr. Anuj Sinha

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Chair : Prof. Mridula Mukherjee

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Chair : Prof. Mridula Mukherjee

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Prof. Yashpal

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Prof. Yashpal

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Prof. Tushar Prabhu, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore

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Prof. Tushar Prabhu, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore

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Celestial Variability 11:00-11:30 Dr. Santosh Joshi, Aryabhatta Institute of Observational Science, Nainital

The Active Sun 11:30-12:00 PM Prof. Wahabuddin, Aryabhatta Institute of Observational Science, Nainital

Gamma Ray Burst optical after glows 12:00-12:30 Prof. S.B.Pandey, Aryabhatta Institute of Observational Science, Nainital

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Celestial Variability 11:00-11:25 Dr. Santosh Joshi, Aryabhatta Institute of Observational Science, Nainital

The Active Sun 11:25-11:50 PM Prof. Wahabuddin, Aryabhatta Institute of Observational Science, Nainital

Gamma Ray Burst optical after glows 11:50-12:15 Prof. S.B.Pandey, Aryabhatta Institute of Observational Science, Nainital

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Chair : Prof. Mridula Mukherjee

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The timings are inclusive of 5 minutes of discussions

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The timings are inclusive of 5 minutes for discussions

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Prof. S. S. Hassan, Director, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore

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Prof. Yashpal

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The timings are inclusive of 5 minutes of discussions

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Measuring Light pollution "project dark skies"- A student's project by C B Devgun 5:15-5:53

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Measuring Light pollution "project dark skies"- A student's project by C B Devgun 5:15-5:53

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Imaging the Sun 3:50-4:15 PM

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Imaging the Sun 3:50-4:20 PM

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Deep Sky Astrophotography 4:15-5:00

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Deep Sky Astrophotography 4:20-5:00

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Tea Tea

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Tea 6:30 PM

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Laakhon Taare Aasmaan Par

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Laakhon Taare Aasmaan Par 7:00 - 9:00 PM

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Laakhon taare aasmaan par, ek mgar dhoondhe na mila ...

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Laakhon taare aasmaan par, ek magar dhoondhe na mila ...

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Tea Tea

Laakhon Taare Aasmaan Par

A musical evening with the few wan stars still visible from central Delhi - in the backlawns of the Teen Murti House

Laakhon taare aasmaan par, ek mgar dhoondhe na mila ...

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Public Events

Taare Sadak Par

A little skygazing from a planetarium sky theatre and public discussion on light pollution concerns 5:30 PM

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CCD Photometry projects for students Arvind Ranadey, Vigyan Prasar

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Photometry projects for students Arvind Ranade, Vigyan Prasar

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Inaugural Address 10:00 – 10:15 AM

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Key Note Address 10:20 – 11:00 AM

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Key Note Address 10:15 – 10:45 AM

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Tea Break 11:00-11:15 AM

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The Active Sun 11:40-12:05 PM

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The Active Sun 11:30-12:00 PM

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Gamma Ray Burst optical after glows 12:00-12:30

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Dr. Santosh Joshi, AryaBhatta? Institute of Observational Science, Nainital

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Dr. Santosh Joshi, Aryabhatta Institute of Observational Science, Nainital

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Prof. Wahabuddin, AryaBhatta? Institute of Observational Science, Nainital

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Prof. Wahabuddin, Aryabhatta Institute of Observational Science, Nainital

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Prof. S.B.Pandey, AryaBhatta? Institute of Observational Science, Nainital

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Dr. Santosh Joshi, Arya Bhata Institute of Observational Science, Nainital

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Dr. Santosh Joshi, AryaBhatta? Institute of Observational Science, Nainital

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Prof. Wahabuddin, AryaBhatta? Institute of Observational Science, Nainital

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Digital Camera images of the sky for measuring light pollution 4:45-5:15

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Digital Camera images of the sky for measuring light pollution Anurag Garg 4:45-5:15

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Possible student projects in pattern recognition using spacecraft planetary images 2:00-2:30

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Multiwavelength astronomy with spacecraft archives 2:00-2:30 Jayant Murthy, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore

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Multiwavelength astronomy with spacecraft archives 2:30-3:00 Jayant Murthy, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore

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These will be open discussions which the participants could use as a sounding board for thinking of possible observing projects to undertake in the coming months

Co-ordinators Prof. Tushar Prabhu, Prof. Jayant Murthy, Dr. Priya Hassan, Dr. Padmakar Parihar

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These will be open discussions which the participants could use as a sounding board for thinking of possible observing/imaging/analysis/astronomy awareness/inter disciplinary connections/just-plain-fun projects to undertake in the coming months

Co-ordinators Prof. Tushar Prabhu, Prof. Jayant Murthy, Dr. Priya Hassan, Dr. Padmakar Parihar, Stephan Seip, C.B. Devgun, Ajay Talwar

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Student contributions in the calibration of the Jantar Mantar instruments N. Rathnasree, Nehru Planetarium

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The Sky by Amar Sharma

Demonstration of Planetary Imaging by Stephan Seip, Ajay Talwar, Ashmeet and Avnish

Polar alignment issues by Vikrant Narang and Dr. Suresh Mohan

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Demonstration of Planetary Imaging by Stephan Seip, Ajay Talwar, Ashmeet, Avnish and S. Venkatesh

Webcam imaging of Jupiter - in participant groups, with help from volunteers

The Sky by Amar Sharma and (?)

Polar alignment issues demonstrated by Ajay Talwar, Vikrant Narang and Dr. Suresh Mohan

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Presentations

Variable star photometry 3:30-4:00 Dr. M. L. Kurtadikar, Jalna Education Society's College, Jalna

CCD Photometry projects for students Arvind Ranadey, Vigyan Prasar

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Co-ordinators Prof. Tushar Prabhu, Prof. Jayant Murthy, Dr. Priya Hassan, Dr. Padmakar Parihar, Dr. N. Rathnasree

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Online/Chat/Skype Sessions

Project Discussions

These will be open discussions which the participants could use as a sounding board for thinking of possible observing projects to undertake in the coming months

Co-ordinators Prof. Tushar Prabhu, Prof. Jayant Murthy, Dr. Priya Hassan, Dr. Padmakar Parihar, Dr. N. Rathnasree

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Tea 4:00-4:15

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Earth, its atmosphere and Light Pollution Concerns

Extinction, sky background and seeing by Padmakar Parihar 3:45-4:15

World wide efforts towards Light Pollution Measurements by Mike Simmons 4:15-4:45

Digital Camera images of the sky for measuring light pollution 4:45-5:15

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Demonstration of Planetary Imaging by Stephan Seip, Ajay Talwar,

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The Sky by Amar Sharma

Demonstration of Planetary Imaging by Stephan Seip, Ajay Talwar, Ashmeet and Avnish

Polar alignment issues by Vikrant Narang and Dr. Suresh Mohan

Deepsky Imaging by Dr. Suresh Mohan

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Afternoon Sessions

Astronomy with archives

Possible student projects in pattern recognition using spacecraft planetary images 2:00-2:30 Sanjay Limaye, Office of Space Science Education University of Wisconsin-Madison

Multiwavelength astronomy with spacecraft archives 2:30-3:00 Jayant Murthy, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore

Student projects with HST and UMASS data 3:00-3:30 Priya Hassan, Osmania University

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Overnight Observations at Nuh

Demonstration of Landscape Astrophotography by Babak Tafreshi, Gernot Meiser and C.B. Devgun

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Possible Science with a B/W CCD and small telescopes Prof. S.K. Pandey 2:30-3:00

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Possible Science with a B/W CCD and small telescopes 2:30-3:00 Prof. S.K. Pandey, Pt. Ravi Shankar Shukla University, Raipur

Comet Imaging and Science 3:00- 3:30 Pawan Chakravarty, IIIT, Allahabad

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CCD photometry Dr. Padmakar Parihar 11:30-12:00

Science with webcam imaging Stephan Seip 12:00-12:30

Photometry of Novae 12:30-1:00 Prof. N.M. Ashok, Physical Research Laboratories, Ahmedabad

Possible Science with a B/W CCD and small telescopes Prof. S.K. Pandey 12:30-1:15

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CCD photometry Dr. Padmakar Parihar 12:00-12:30

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Astronomy with small apertures

Photometry of Novae 2:00-2:30 Prof. N.M. Ashok, Physical Research Laboratories, Ahmedabad

Possible Science with a B/W CCD and small telescopes Prof. S.K. Pandey 2:30-3:00

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Still Camera/piggy back/prime focus/afocal/eye piece projection issues by Ajay Talwar 2:50-3:15 PM

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Polar alignment 2:30-2:50 PM Vikrant Narang, S.P.A.C.E.

Still Camera/piggy back/prime focus/afocal/eye piece projection issues 2:50-3:15 PM Ajay Talwar, Head, Instrumentation and Observations, S.P.A.C.E.

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Imaging the Sun by Gernot Meiser 3:50-4:15 PM

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Imaging the Sun 3:50-4:15 PM Gernot Meiser, Saarluis, Germany

Deep Sky Astrophotography 4:15-5:00 Dr. Suresh Mohan, Chennai

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Photometry of Novae 12:30-1:00 Prof. N.M. Ashok, Physical Research Laboratories, Ahmedabad

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Prof. Tushar Prabhu, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore

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Celestial Variability Dr. Santosh Joshi 11:15-11:40

The Active Sun Prof. Wahabuddin 11:40-12:05 PM

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Celestial Variability 11:15-11:40 Dr. Santosh Joshi, Arya Bhata Institute of Observational Science, Nainital

The Active Sun 11:40-12:05 PM Prof. Wahabuddin, Arya Bhata Institute of Observational Science, Nainital

Gamma Ray Burst optical after glows 12:05-12:30 Prof. S.B.Pandey, Arya Bhata Institute of Observational Science, Nainital

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Inaugural Address 10:00 – 10:20 AM Prof. S. S. Hassan, Director, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore

Key Note Address 10:20 – 11:00 AM Prof. Tushar Prabhu, Professor in charge, Indian Astronomical Observatory, Hanle, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore

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Celestial Variability Dr. Santosh Joshi 11:15-11:40

The Active Sun Prof. Wahabuddin 11:40-12:05 PM

Gamma Ray Burst optical after glows Prof. S.B.Pandey 12:05-12:30

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Deep Sky Astrophotography by Suresh Mohan 4:15-5:00

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Astronomy with Cameras

CCD photometry Dr. Padmakar Parihar 11:30-12:00

Science with webcam imaging Stephan Seip 12:00-12:30

Possible Science with a B/W CCD and small telescopes Prof. S.K. Pandey 12:30-1:15

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Polar alignment by Vikrant Narang 2:00-2:20 PM

Still Camera/piggy back/prime focus/afocal/eye piece projection issues by Ajay Talwar 2:20-2:45 PM

Basics of cameras for astrophotography: Conventional Camera/SLR/Digital Camera/Webcam/DSLR/CCD by Stephan Seip 2:45-3:00

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Imaging the Sun by Gernot Meiser 3:15-4:00 PM

Deep Sky Astrophotography by Suresh Mohan 4:00-4:45

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The Beginning - What is there in the sky, for an amateur astronomer to image? By Prof. D.C.V. Mallik 12:00-12:30

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The Techniques

Polar alignment by Vikrant Narang 2:30-2:50

Still Camera/piggy back/prime focus/afocal/eye piece projection issues by Ajay Talwar 2:50-3:20

Basics of cameras for astrophotography: Conventional Camera/SLR/Digital Camera/Webcam/DSLR/CCD by Stephan Seip 3:20-4:00

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Inaugural Session

Inaugural Address by Prof. S. S. Hassan 10:00 – 10:20 AM

Key Note Address by Prof. Tushar Prabhu 10:20 – 11:00 AM

Tea Break 11:00-11:15 AM

Landscape Astrophotography

Landscape Astrophotography by Babak Tafreshi 11:15-12:00

Basic Astrophotography and Star Trails by C.B. Devgun 12:00-12:20

Nature is inexhaustible

The Beginning - What is there in the sky, for an amateur astronomer to image? By Prof. D.C.V. Mallik 12:00-12:30

Celestial Variability 12:30-12:50

Sun and Sunspots 12:50-1:10

Discussions : 1:10-1:30


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The overall flow of the workshop follows this spirit :-

  1. Discussions will start with aspects that are of interest to a beginning amateur astronomer or student who has some interest in Astronomy.
  2. And then will come the basics of astrophotography and astronomical imaging with Ccds.
  3. The topics of image processing, analysis and any small celestial science that might be within access of non professional equipment and techniques, will be built up from these discussions.
  4. This is not to say that the workshop will totally ignore frontier excitements in celestial science. A glimpse of such frontiers, in the areas that are built up through the earlier steps, will be the concluding aspects of most of the presentations.
  5. And finally, there is that sneaking sympathy with Walt Whitman and a yearning to gaze up in perfect silence, at the stars. A celebration of the Earth and the Sky, embodied in the spirit of TWAN imaging.

What would be the small celestial science that is accessible, given the current status of amateur equipment? (A related question to think about, is to do with availability in India and its small towns, rather than worldwide availability. This, however, might be too limiting a factor.)

  • Very small science just for fun dil hai chota sa ... choti si aasha :-)

Imaging the Moon, perhaps, and identfying the features. Would identifying the extremes of Libration, through one' own imaging, be very small science?

  • Getting a little serious

The inspiration being Samanta Chandrasekhar of Orissa, who used pinhole images from trees, to measure the relative angular diameters of Sun and Venus, during the 1874 transit of Venus.

Something inspiring and accessible for many city students and amateur astronomers to do, is here

http://www.photomeeting.de/astromeeting/_index.htm

One has to go this page and go to the link titled Tips and Tricks.

Look at the project to do with measuring the rotation rate of Jupiter, through astrophotography and image processing. Fortunately for us, the author of this work and also the author of a very useful book on astrophotography and image processing, Stephan Seip, will be with us, during the workshop.

  • Seriouser and seriouser ... Answering Walt Whitman, 'Proofs, figures and charts' are just as beautiful as a night sky filled with thousands of stars!

Here is something, that is inspiring

http://www.buytelescopes.com/gallery/view_photo.asp?pid=16612&c=13278

A whole exoplanet transit captured and analysed by an amateur astronomer, using monochrome CCD.

Once, again, we are fortunate that Anthony Ayiomamitis, the amateur astronomer and retired computer consultant, who has done this analysis, will be with us, during this workshop.

And, here is something, that is one inspiration for this workshop

http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract;jsessionid=A3B27A1AEEB2F8F5DB85BEC2FDA2E9BE.tomcat1?fromPage=online&aid=1286220

  • Views that could open up, to an amateur astronomer or a student, if they could visit a professional observatory and spend a little time looking over the shoulder, of a professional astronomer

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Something inspiring and accessible for many city students and amateur astronomers to do, is here

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And, here is something that is the inspiration for this workshop

http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract;jsessionid=A3B27A1AEEB2F8F5DB85BEC2FDA2E9BE.tomcat1?fromPage=online&aid=1286220

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One has to go this page and go to the link titled Tips and Tricks.

Look at the project to do with measuring the rotation rate of Jupiter, through astrophotography and image processing. Fortunately for us, the author of this work and also the author of a very useful book on astrophotography and image processing, Stephan Seip, will be with us, during the workshop.

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Seriouser and seriouser ...

Here is something else, that is inspiring

http://www.buytelescopes.com/gallery/view_photo.asp?pid=16612&c=13278

A whole exoplanet transit captured and analysed by an amateur astronomer, using monochrome CCD.

Once, again, we are fortunate that Anthony Ayiomamitis, the amateur astronomer and retired computer consultant, who has done this analysis, will be with us, during this workshop.

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  2. The topics of astrophotography, image processing and any small celestial science that might be within access of non professional equipment and techniques, will be built up from these discussions.
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  1. Discussions will start with aspects that are of interest to a beginning amateur astronomer or student who has some interest in Astronomy.
  2. And then will come the basics of astrophotography and astronomical imaging with CCDs?.
  3. The topics of image processing, analysis and any small celestial science that might be within access of non professional equipment and techniques, will be built up from these discussions.
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The inspiration being Samanta Chandrasekhar of Orissa, who used pinhole images from trees, to measure the relative angular diameters of Sun and Venus, during the 1874 transit of Venus. These are perhaps measurements that become possible even before any photography attempts are learnt.

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The inspiration being Samanta Chandrasekhar of Orissa, who used pinhole images from trees, to measure the relative angular diameters of Sun and Venus, during the 1874 transit of Venus.

Something inspiring and accessible for every student and amateur astronomer to do, is here

http://www.photomeeting.de/astromeeting/_index.htm

Measuring the rotation rate of Jupiter, through astrophotography and image processing. Fortunately for us, the author of this work and a very useful book on astrophotography and image processing, Stephan Seip, will be with us, during the workshop.

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  • Very small science just for fun dil hai chota sa ... choti si aasha :-)

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The inspiration being Samanta Chandrasekhar of Orissa, who used pinhole images from trees, to measure the relative angular diameters of Sun and Venus, during the 1874 transit of Venus. These are perhaps measurements that become possible even before any photography attempts are learnt.

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  • Very small science, just for fun dil hai chota sa ... choti si aasha :-)
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  • The topics of astrophotography, image processing and any small celestial science that might be within access of non professional equipment and techniques, will be built up from these discussions.
  • This is not to say that the workshop will totally ignore frontier excitements in celestial science. A glimpse of such frontiers, in the areas that are built up through the earlier steps, will be the concluding aspects of most of the presentations.
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  1. Discussions will start with aspects that are of interest to a beginning amateur astronomer or student who has some interest in Astronomy.
  2. The topics of astrophotography, image processing and any small celestial science that might be within access of non professional equipment and techniques, will be built up from these discussions.
  3. This is not to say that the workshop will totally ignore frontier excitements in celestial science. A glimpse of such frontiers, in the areas that are built up through the earlier steps, will be the concluding aspects of most of the presentations.
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What would be the small celestial science that is accessible, given the current status of amateur equipment? (A related question to think about, is to do with availability in India, rather than worldwide availability)

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What would be the small celestial science that is accessible, given the current status of amateur equipment? (A related question to think about, is to do with availability in India and its small towns, rather than worldwide availability. This, however, might be too limiting a factor.)

""dil hai chota sa ... choti si aasha""

Very small science, just for fun :-)

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  • This is not to say that the workshop will totally ignore frontier excitements in celestial science. A glimpse of such frontiers, in the areas that are built up through steps 1 and 2, will be the concluding aspects of most of the presentations.
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  • This is not to say that the workshop will totally ignore frontier excitements in celestial science. A glimpse of such frontiers, in the areas that are built up through the earlier steps, will be the concluding aspects of most of the presentations.

What would be the small celestial science that is accessible, given the current status of amateur equipment? (A related question to think about, is to do with availability in India, rather than worldwide availability)

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The overall flow of the workshop follows this spirit :-

  • Discussions will start with aspects that are of interest to a beginning amateur astronomer or student who has some interest in Astronomy.
  • The topics of astrophotography, image processing and any small celestial science that might be within access of non professional equipment and techniques, will be built up from these discussions.
  • This is not to say that the workshop will totally ignore frontier excitements in celestial science. A glimpse of such frontiers, in the areas that are built up through steps 1 and 2, will be the concluding aspects of most of the presentations.
August 13, 2008, at 02:40 AM EST by Rathnasree -
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