To familiarize the new Khagol Vishwa members to night sky and instruments used for observations, Khagol Vishwa arranges
initiation program for its new members. These star gazing sessions are arranged twice in a year. The next series of these weekly
sessions will start from 13th February, 2010. The Schedule for the Sessions is as follows.
Date: Saturday, 13 February - Sunday, 14 February.
Time: Reporting time at Office at 06:00 PM on Saturday, 13th February.
Place:
Instructions: Our Session will start from 08 PM and finish around 5 AM in the morning. Bring Warm clothes, Water Bottles, Mattress, Battery and writing material with you. We will be hiring a vehicle
to travel to observation site and back in the morning, depending on the number of members attending. The cost will be shared equally
by every member. Please confirm that you are coming by calling or texting Mayuresh
on 9011220542, so we'll get the idea of total number of members
attending and can do preparations accordingly. Thank you.
Schedule:
Theory (Duration - 2 Hours)
• Introduction to Basic Astronomy
• Introduction to Basic Celestial System
• Introduction to Coordinate System
• Introduction to Observational Astronomy
Practical (Duration – Remaining time)
• Introduction to the night sky
• Stargazing session
• Competition of Stargazing
• Tricks to remember constellations and stars
Date: March 06 - March 07
Time: 9 PM
Place: Kasarsai
Instructions:
Schedule:
Theory (Duration - 2 Hours)
• Telescope Basics
• How to align telescope
• Maintaining the Telescope
Practical (Duration – Remaining time)
• Introduction to the night sky
• Stargazing session
• Telescope handling
• Searching faint objects through telescope
Date May 22 - 23:
Time: 9 PM - 5 AM
Place: Kadus, Rajgurunagar
Instructions: Bring Dinner, Water Bottles, notepad, Pen, torch and if you can, a digital Camera for photography with you. Please let us know if you are coming as soon as possible so we can arrange transportation accordingly. Charges for Transportation will be shared equally by every participant.
Please contact Mayuresh on 9011220542 or Devdatta on 9923268728 to Register.
Schedule:
Practicals
• Deep sky Stargazing session
• Variable Stars and Observations
• Astro-photography with Digital and SLR Digital.
Date:
Time:
Place:
Instructions:
Schedule:
Theory (Duration - 2 Hours)
• Introduction to deep sky objects
• Observing the deep sky
• Messier Objects
Practical (Duration – Remaining time)
• Stargazing session
• Telescope Handling for Messier Objects Observations
• Map reading of deep sky objects
