First BAS Star Party in 2012 - 21st and 22nd Jan 2012

[vivek]

Hi all !!

The observing season is here and it's been a while since we have had a
Star Party.......
BAS is orgasinsing it's first Star Party for 2012 on the 21st and 22nd
of January 2012

We will be posting the details of the Venue/Costs involved/Logistics
etc. in a few days time.However, for those you are keen to attend...
you can block your seats by enrolling for the event.You can enroll at
the below mentioned link

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dGN5ZUNUOEgtdk5MVlNxOFJZRmZnc0E6MQ#gid=0


Please Note: These are not alternative/rescheduled dates for the JGI
Grand Star Party (orginally scheduled for the 31st of Dec. and 1st
Jan).The organisers of that event will intimate their new dates on a
seperate post on this group



Please email all queries to in...@bas.org.in

Regards
Vivek Y
Secretary
BAS

[Abhilash P]

finally :) hope i can come for this one :)

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[Saravana Perumal]

Just a request if this is in between BLR & Chennai - it would be great!

Nevertheless we would travel to any site - based on judgement of visibility ...

 First BAS Star Party in 2012 - 21st and 22nd Jan 2012

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[lavanya koushik]

Thts gr8 news:)

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[Gaurav Mittal]

It will be my first star party :)

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[Amar Sharma]

In all probability (depending on acquisition of permission) I would be heading out with a friend or two, to the pristine Kudremukh, at the Bhagvathi Nature Camp (forest guest house) on the New Moon of 21st weekend. It is a direly awaited location, ever since my last trip in September 2010. I have been wanting to test the skies from there, which I guess should be indeed very dark, since this then was a zero light environment. Read my elaborate description of the place in an earlier report; just search by name in archive. Best of luck to all. Hope you have a great time and clear skies ahead. Hope to also see some new faces, in both participants and volunteers.

[Rasik Mhatre]

I think some brief details are required to make a decision.

 

Venue and duration are essential. Rest can follow.

 

Rasik Mhatre

F1407 Mantri Tranquil
Sy. No. 7/9/13 Gubbalala
Off Kanakpura Road

Bangalore 560 061

TEL: +91-80-42087005/22573247

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[Ashwin Nayak]

If the venue is near Western Ghats, I would love to join you. :)

Ashwin Nayak

Mangalore

[PankaJ Antani]

Hi how far it will be from.Bangalore?  How manu hours to reach there.

Clear skies.
PankaJ

[Akarsh Simha]

On 5 January 2012 12:48, PankaJ Antani <pankaj...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi how far it will be from.Bangalore?  How manu hours to reach there.

Most of our observing locations have been 4 to 6 hours away from Bangalore.

Regards
Akarsh

[PankaJ Antani]

Wow that will be good. Ok now back to watching mars.

[Suresh Mohan]

Kanakapura is around 80 km and star party is on the route to kanakpura. Roughly hour and half from bangalore IF u leave at 6 am
Suresh

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[Rasik Mhatre]

This is NOT @ JGI Campus. That is a different group of organisers.

Rasik Mhatre
F1407 Mantri Tranquil
Sy. No. 7/9/13 Gubbalala
Off Kanakpura Road
Bangalore 560 061
TEL: +91-80-42087005/22573247
CELL: +91-9916135779
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[Suresh Mohan]

Ok where Rasik ji
Suresh

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[rasi...@gmail.com]

It is A BIG SECRET!! Why ? Search me!!

Rasik Mhatré
+919916135779
F1407 Mantri Tranquil

[Akarsh Simha]

Dr. Suresh

This is about a different star party. Apparently, the venue is still
to be decided. I'm guessing it will be one of Coorg, Kanakapura,
Kavalur, Yelagiri.

Regards
Akarsh

[Rasik Mhatre]

My guess would have been the same. But asking for registrations without
giving basic details is grossly unfair.

Rasik Mhatre
F1407 Mantri Tranquil
Sy. No. 7/9/13 Gubbalala
Off Kanakpura Road
Bangalore 560 061
TEL: +91-80-42087005/22573247
CELL: +91-9916135779
SKYPE ID: rasikdon
TRANQUIL CENTREX: *826470

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Dr. Suresh

Regards
Akarsh

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[Naveen Nanjundappa]

Hi Rasik and all., 

Sorry for being unfair here, but our motto was to give sufficient advance notice to participants.

It was my suggestion to post the "place holder" announcement to the group so that the participants can plan their weekend accordingly. and a 2-3 weeks notice would be better than posting later. In fact this place holder announcement has already fetched >45 registrations ! and now we are move the new registrations to waiting list. Thus, it helped in two ways, 1) organizers get the information on how many can be expected and should be negotiated. 2) sufficient time for participants to plan over. 

We are working on the location, the stay and transportation. Vivek is on this activity and we will announce the complete plan and details soon. 

Please give us some time, for those who would be looking upto what this star party would be and how much it would cost approx. please visit BAS site www.bas.org.in and look for past events. 

Thanks,

Naveen Nanjundappa

Vice President, 

Bangalore Astronomical Society. 

[Akarsh Simha]

> It was my suggestion to post the "place holder" announcement to the group so
> that the participants can plan their weekend accordingly. and a 2-3 weeks
> notice would be better than posting later. In fact this place holder
> announcement has already fetched >45 registrations ! and now we are move the
> new registrations to waiting list. Thus, it helped in two ways,
> 1) organizers get the information on how many can be expected and should be
> negotiated. 2) sufficient time for participants to plan over.

Totally appreciate your idea! Many thanks to both you and Vivek for
keeping BAS active and running.

Regards
Akarsh

[Rasik Mhatre]

The reason that I said so was that we should know whether it was one 2-day event or 2 1-day events. Also location would have helped determine who came and who did not.

 

I have some newbies who would have been interested in an event where one could go easily by own vehicle but not otherwise. And basically in a 1-day event. However this is only academic since you say the places are already filled up.

 

I could have booked 6 places and then cancelled, but I did not think this would have been fair.

 

Regards

 

Rasik Mhatre

F1407 Mantri Tranquil
Sy. No. 7/9/13 Gubbalala
Off Kanakpura Road

Bangalore 560 061

TEL: +91-80-42087005/22573247

CELL: +91-9916135779

SKYPE ID: rasikdon
TRANQUIL CENTREX: *826470

 

[Gayathri Venkataraman]

I agree with Rasik.

I did not want to book a place and cancel later.

Regards,

Gayathri

[Naveen Nanjundappa]

Hi Rasik, & Gayathri,

Sorry again. I completely agree with your thoughts. 

this is like pre-launch, and only a place holder registration and not confirmed. hence we know there will be 30%-40% drop out. so don't worry and go ahead with registration. Participants will be confirmed only after the final announcement and payment done. based on the first come first serve basis, and those registered to placeholder announcement will get priority during final registration.  I spoke to Vivek on the same and he will finalize the place and other details by end of this week. 

We (& you) only worry if you cancel after the final registration & payment is done.

Please do suggest if you think we can improve this process. ( this is the first time we are trying this method and we appreciate your feedback )

Thanks,

Naveen Nanjundappa

[Sunil G.R.]

Hi Naveen,

It would be good to provide another option to tell how many people are willing to join.
I can just give the count instead of registering my family or friends separately!

Thanks,
Sunil.

[Naveen Nanjundappa]

Accepted Sunil :) next time, we will keep this in account. 

Infact we know a few people who have registered single, but implied that they are travelling/registering with family. 

Please don't consider your registration to place holder as "confirmed" for star party. but you only get a priority. 

If place holder announcements are confusing we will try to avoid them in future. let us know what you think. 

Thanks

Naveen 

[anabhu]

Hi, guys...

I have already regd. for the star party on Jan 21st...
Can you pls tell the venue...

My parents are pestering me since time immemorial to inform them about
the venue and are expressing apprehensions about the star party's
validity due to the myriad circumstances with which the whole job is
done...

It is not wrong, but people with different sociological scenarios may
find the situation precarious....

On Jan 6, 1:14 pm, Naveen Nanjundappa <naveen.nanjunda...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> > Events -http://www.bas.org.in/Home/events_calendar

[vivek]

Hi,

We apologize for the delay in announcements regarding this Star party.
We have finalized the venue to be Agumbe.We will be visiting a home-
stay near Agumbe for the event.

The plan is leave Bangalore on Friday night (20th night) and reach the
venue by Saturday morning.We plan to have a short trek during the day,
a visit to a waterfall perhaps and then (of-course) spend the night
observing.We will leave the venue on Sunday morning and travel via
Sringeri. We may be doing some local sightseeing (if people are want
to ! ) and then reach Bangalore by 9 pm on Sunday.

The registrations are open and you can complete all formalities and
confirm your seats now.As always, we have a limit on the number of
people we can accommodate...so please do hurry up and block your
seats!

Details and Registration at : http://crm.bas.org.in/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=5



Regards
Vivek Yerkadithaya
for BAS

[vivek]

We have reached the limit on the number of people we can accommodate
for the event and thus registrations for the event have been closed

Regards
Vivek

[Rasik Mhatre]

Vivek,

Could you send us the best route by road?

Regards

Rasik Mhatre
F1407 Mantri Tranquil
Sy. No. 7/9/13 Gubbalala
Off Kanakpura Road
Bangalore 560 061
TEL: +91-80-42087005/22573247
CELL: +91-9916135779
SKYPE ID: rasikdon
TRANQUIL CENTREX: *826470

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[Amar Sharma]

Star party folks, there is a good news, a sudden turn of events from my side. I would be getting my SBIG CCD to the star party! Very grateful to a new member Aditya Ravi here, who is lending his brand new 8" f/5 Sky-Watcher on EQ6 Pro mount, just received 3-4 days ago, from C-Sky. Unfortunately he is unavailable to join us to witness its first light from such a pristine location. Earlier, I had reserved 2 nights to Kudremukh, on Friday and Saturday nights for visual with my 25x100, and was not going to be available for the star party. It so happens the star party venue fortunately turned out to be Agumbe, and Kudremukh is just 70km from here! Well, I have decided to cut down one night at Kudremukh. This is going to be one of its kind star party, with a great load of equipment collection; a new GOTO scope, the CCD, my 25x100, apart the Monster and other imaging and visual equipment that would come. And its a huge turnout ! The skies should really favour us. Hoping for the best.

[madan abhi]

Dear Amar.
I've heard a lot about you from Dr. Shylaja. I'd want to meet you once.
Madan .S
 

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