Live Internet Telescope Project

26 Oct,2011 to 2 Nov,2011 
SPACE is proud to bring the ‘Internet Telescope’ project for the first time to India. SPACE is conducting this project in collaboration with IASC, International Astronomy Search Collaboration. A pilot test was conducted in July 2011 and a second pilot test will be conducted from Oct 26th to Nov 2nd, 2011. These pilot projects will enable us to launch Internet Telescope as a big Project in April 2012 with about 80 participants from across India.

The project will be using a 16" Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes located at the Ironwood North Observatory.  This is a privately-owned observatory located in Queen Creek, AZ.  The students will be remotely commanding a CCD camera on the telescope to take images of asteroids, comets, and deep sky objects.  The deep sky objects include star clusters, galaxies, and nebulae.For some spectacular images taken using the internet telescope, please go to the link: https://picasaweb.google.com/109156850798846600382/InternetTelescopeProjectOctNov2011 

PSLV Launch today

PSLV Launch on 12th October at 11:00 am IST

Watch it live at http://www.isro.org/scripts/livewebcast.aspx

The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, commonly known by its abbreviation PSLV, is an expendable launch system developed and operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It was developed to allow India to launch its Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellites into sun synchronous orbits, a service that was, until the advent of the PSLV, commercially viable only from Russia. PSLV can also launch small size satellites into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). The PSLV has launched 41 satellites (19 Indian and 22 from other countries) into a variety of orbits to date.


The Launch Authorisation Board (LAB) for PSLV-C18/Megha-Tropiques mission, which met on October 9, 2011 at Satish Dhawan Space Centre(SDSC) - SHAR, Sriharikota has cleared the launch of PSLV-C18 at 11:00 hrs (IST) on Wednesday, October 12, 2011.

The 50 hour countdown commenced at 09:00 hours today (October 10, 2011). During the Countdown, propellant-filling operations of the liquid propellant second stage (PS2) and fourth stage (PS4) of the launch vehicle will be carried out. Mandatory checks on the launch vehicle and spacecraft including charging of batteries and pressurisation of propellant tanks will be performed. Readiness of various ground systems such as tracking radar systems and communication networks will also be checked.

PSLV-C18 will inject Megha-Tropiques satellite into an orbit of 867 km altitude at an inclination of 20 deg with respect to equator. PSLV will also inject SRMSat from SRM University, Chennai, JUGNU from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and Vesselsat-1 from Luxembourg.

 SOLAR ECLIPSE CONFERENCE 2011 
Dec . 15th - 17th 2011   
The Solar Eclipse Conference (SEC India), celebrates the pursuit of mankind to unravel the phenomenon of Solar Eclipses one at a time, and chase the umbral shadow across the surface of the Earth. SPACE is bringing the SEC 2011 to India for the 1st time this year.
The Conference provides a common platform for:

• Travel Enthusiasts;
• Avid Photographers;
• Those who value Scientific Research and Recordings;
• Those who like to delve in the history of this event and understand the cultural implications;
• Those who want to create awareness among the people by demystifying this phenomenon;
• Finally, for those who simply want to participate for the sheer joy of witnessing this event.

The agenda of the conference is spread over three intensive days that will cover Travel, Education, Research, Science, Culture, Mythologies, Public Outreach, Pro-Am linking and Student learning possibilities.

Date : 15th (Thursday) to 17th (Saturday) of December 2011

Venue: Vishwa Yuvak Kendra, 
Rama Krishna Bajaj Auditorium, 
Chanakyapuri, New Delhi.

http://www.eclipsechasers.in/about_sec_india.html

Great Indian Star Count, Oct 14th to28th
Great Indian Star Count will be conducted by SPACE as part of and in collaboration with Great Worldwide Star Count.

Count the stars in the constellation Cygnus overhead or using the pipe method and quantify light pollution in your area. All participants will receive a participation certificate.

 

Details and registration through SPACE at:

www.projectdarkskies.org

 

Great Worldwide Star Count:

http://www.windows2universe.org/citizen_science/starcount/index.html

world space week 2011 - talk at russian centre delhi