Thursday, September 23, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
SPACE celebrates Autumn Equinox at Jantar Mantar, 23rd Sept.
CELEBRATE AUTUMN EQUINOX
with SPACE and Nehru Planetarium
at Jantar Mantar on 23rd Sept., 2010
Learn about the ancient instruments! Be a part of measurements! Observe the sun through telescopes!
Exciting Competition with prizes for students - 'Scientist of the Day' by Measuring the Circumference of the Earth
Public Outreach and Solar Observations from 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
'Scientist of the Day' contest from 11:00am - 1:30 pm
For details, visit SPACE website at www.space-india.org
Join us for some fun and bring your families and friends along!
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To see a video with instructions on this experiment - Click Here
Complete handout and instructions here:
MEASURING THE EARTH - EXPERIMENT NOTES
with SPACE and Nehru Planetarium
at Jantar Mantar on 23rd Sept., 2010
Learn about the ancient instruments! Be a part of measurements! Observe the sun through telescopes!
Exciting Competition with prizes for students - 'Scientist of the Day' by Measuring the Circumference of the Earth
Public Outreach and Solar Observations from 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
'Scientist of the Day' contest from 11:00am - 1:30 pm
For details, visit SPACE website at www.space-india.org
Join us for some fun and bring your families and friends along!
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SCIENTIST OF THE DAY COMPETITION
Participate in a competition on MEASURING THE EARTH
and win prizes!!!
11:00am - 1:30pm To see a video with instructions on this experiment - Click Here
Complete handout and instructions here:
MEASURING THE EARTH - EXPERIMENT NOTES
Monday, September 20, 2010
Report of International Observe the moon night at Sneh' Place
On Saturday, the world celebrated "International Observe the Moon Night" as LRO completed one year in the Moon's orbit. Me as part of SPACE group wished to celebrate this international event and the location I picked was My residential society compound. I had informed all the members of the society a day before and requested to gather at the venue at 8:00 pm. I had issued a "76mm Reflector" for this cause along with plossel eyepiece.
It was all cloudy in the evening but I decided to continue with the program and set up the telescope by 8:00 pm. Initially only the small children came to see but were disappointed due to the presence of clouds. So I started explaining them the importance of the event and reason for celebrations. Then I showed them the telescope and by the time moon started peeping out of the clouds. This was the time to point the telescope towards the Moon and I asked them to form a line. the kids were so enthusiastic that they immediately formed a queue and started waiting for their turn.
I centered the moon in the eyepiece and then the observer started shouting WOW!!! as if they have seen something unusual. Many kids in society are also part of SPACE CLUBS at various schools so they were more excited to see. This way around 30 school kids and their parents had participated in this event.
Almost all of them had seen the moon for 4-5 times and every time they were surprised or amazed as this was for the first time they were looking through the telescope and also this was the first time they were looking at their nearest celestial neighbor so closely. They were thrilled to see the craters, maria and also the terminator. I explained them about craters, rotation and revolution and some facts about Moon.
By 9:00 pm, the sky was covered by clouds again and this was the call to pack up the instruments as there was no point waiting for the cloud to move. Still all the kids were pushing me to wait for 5 minutes, each time I pick the telescope bag. I also had plans to show them Jupiter and its Moons but due to clouds, it was not possible.
Sneh Kesari
Educator
SPACE
It was all cloudy in the evening but I decided to continue with the program and set up the telescope by 8:00 pm. Initially only the small children came to see but were disappointed due to the presence of clouds. So I started explaining them the importance of the event and reason for celebrations. Then I showed them the telescope and by the time moon started peeping out of the clouds. This was the time to point the telescope towards the Moon and I asked them to form a line. the kids were so enthusiastic that they immediately formed a queue and started waiting for their turn.
I centered the moon in the eyepiece and then the observer started shouting WOW!!! as if they have seen something unusual. Many kids in society are also part of SPACE CLUBS at various schools so they were more excited to see. This way around 30 school kids and their parents had participated in this event.
Almost all of them had seen the moon for 4-5 times and every time they were surprised or amazed as this was for the first time they were looking through the telescope and also this was the first time they were looking at their nearest celestial neighbor so closely. They were thrilled to see the craters, maria and also the terminator. I explained them about craters, rotation and revolution and some facts about Moon.
By 9:00 pm, the sky was covered by clouds again and this was the call to pack up the instruments as there was no point waiting for the cloud to move. Still all the kids were pushing me to wait for 5 minutes, each time I pick the telescope bag. I also had plans to show them Jupiter and its Moons but due to clouds, it was not possible.
Sneh Kesari
Educator
SPACE
Saturday, September 18, 2010
International Observe the Moon NIght - SPACE observation points
Astronomica SPACE at SPACE office -Astronomica
C B Devgun at Dhruv Apartments, Patparganj - SPACE
Sneh Kesari at Ghaziabad - SPACE
Babita Kundalia at Mansarovar park - SPACE club
Deepak Sharma (SNC) at Meerut - SNC
Ashutosh Tripathi (SNC) at Indore - SNC
Srijan devgun at Patparganj - astronomica
Rishabh Jain at Noida - astronomica
Jaishree Soin at Ajay Enclave - SPACE
Shikha Chanana at Mahavir Nagar - astronomica
C B Devgun at Dhruv Apartments, Patparganj - SPACE
Sneh Kesari at Ghaziabad - SPACE
Babita Kundalia at Mansarovar park - SPACE club
Deepak Sharma (SNC) at Meerut - SNC
Ashutosh Tripathi (SNC) at Indore - SNC
Srijan devgun at Patparganj - astronomica
Rishabh Jain at Noida - astronomica
Jaishree Soin at Ajay Enclave - SPACE
Shikha Chanana at Mahavir Nagar - astronomica
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
MOON AND VENUS CARNIVAL - A Celebration of Astronomy
MOON AND VENUS CARNIVAL - A celebration of Astronomy
by SPACE in Collaboration with Nehru Planetarium
at the
Jantar Mantar, New Delhi
onSaturday, 11th of September
Public Outreach - Find out about the Ancient Instruments at Jantar Mantar! also,
A daytime viewing of Moon and Venus using the Ram Yantra
The moon and Venus will appear very close and present a beautiful view
For more details about Moon and Venus Conjunction, visit this article.
Please join us at Jantar Mantar.
Bring your friends and neighbours for a chance to observe the skies from within this ancient monument.For details or queries, write to info@space-india.org or call 9250901042
IN CASE OF INCLEMENT WEATHER, PLEASE CHECK WWW.SPACE-INDIA.ORG FOR EVENT STATUS
by SPACE in Collaboration with Nehru Planetarium at the
Jantar Mantar, New Delhi
on
from 2:00 PM to 8 PM.
Schedule:
2:00 - 5:00
Public Outreach - Find out about the Ancient Instruments at Jantar Mantar! also,
A daytime viewing of Moon and Venus using the Ram Yantra
6:30 - 8:00
Observe the Moon and the planets through Telescopes.The moon and Venus will appear very close and present a beautiful view
For more details about Moon and Venus Conjunction, visit this article.
Please join us at Jantar Mantar.
Bring your friends and neighbours for a chance to observe the skies from within this ancient monument.
IN CASE OF INCLEMENT WEATHER, PLEASE CHECK WWW.SPACE-INDIA.ORG FOR EVENT STATUS
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