Magical nite!
Leela Kalyanaraman
Hi all!
Thanks to Naveen, im now the ecstatic owner of a 8" goto celestron telescope!
Saw an amazing number of sky objects :
Telescopic objects :
1. Jupiter with 3 of its moons and 2 bands
2. A half Venus (phase) must confess, half or not,, it sure looks like a bulb in the sky!
3. Mars with it polar caps and a dark lane of dust
Constellations : naked eye
Cannis major (Sirius) , face, body, legs and tail
Leo,in full form with Regulus
Puppis quietly following at a distance from C Majoris
Cannis minor with its alpha Procyon
Gemini, with Pollux and Castor
Orion - special was realizing Mintaka has a binary!
Bootes, with Arcturus
Virgo with Spica
Now for the super interesting telescopic objects :
A globular cluster - M79 in Lepus. - (wow - so many thousands of lite yrs back)
Another globular cluster - M78 - in Orion
An open cluster M67- which has moved out of the band of the milkyway by abt 1000 lite yrs away! This was in Cancer, which we couldn't see at all!
Asterisms :
Arrow Head ( in Minocerus? )
Saw one more, but I forgot :-(
Many binary stars:
Iota in Cancer
Castor in Gemini
Mintaka in Orion
And at least another 4 more, but now my mind is swirling like a galaxy!
And tertiary stars, probably in Monocerus. Whoa, first time saw one!
All this Thanks to Naveen Nanjundappa spending 5 1/2 hrs with me and my family!
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"Sunil G.R." <super...@gmail.com> Feb 17 05:53PM +0530
Oh, So anyone planning for Hosahalli on Saturday night?
Please let me know too.
I am aware of only Venkatesh's invite to observe from his house.
If there are enough equipments, then hopefully can ...more
keerthi kiran <info...@gmail.com> Feb 17 06:00PM +0530
Nope. As far as I know, nobody is going to HosahaLLi. But I am planning to
go some weekday next week. Will keep you posted.
...more
Abhilash P <paabh...@gmail.com> Feb 18 08:25AM +0530
i can come, but there's no transport available for me... i can only come
till hebbal at the most.... :/
...more
Rakesh Nath <rak...@gmail.com> Feb 17 07:55PM -0600
Hello all
So here is a question for y'all to think about.
Lets consider a relatively fast moving body, say the sun. Now can anyone
tell me, without consulting the software, I mean this is for ...more
keerthi kiran <info...@gmail.com> Feb 17 12:57PM +0530
Hi,
Rather than just saying relevant, you can give some info on the video...
Otherwise, it will be difficult to know whether it is a valid mail or spam
sent by a compromised account.
Regards, ...more
Arun Venkataswamy <aru...@gmail.com> Feb 17 01:08PM +0530
> All
> I thought this was relevant
> http://youtu.be/wupToqz1e2g
The "Pale blue dot"
It's a humbling experience each time I read that incredible paragraph by
Carl Sagan. ...more
Rakesh Nath <rak...@gmail.com> Feb 17 04:50PM -0600
Point taken
On 02/17/2012 01:27 AM, keerthi kiran wrote:
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Thanks and Regards
Rakesh Nath
"It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however ...more
Balachandra Rao <balacha...@gmail.com> Feb 17 08:37PM +0530
Dear Keerthi,
You have asked: while our Indian astronomers did a lot of
observations and calculations
to predict correctly planetary positions and had the scientific
attitude, why did ...more
Rakesh Nath <rak...@gmail.com> Feb 17 10:16AM -0600
On 02/17/2012 09:07 AM, Balachandra Rao wrote:
> 6. As I had mentioned earlier, it was mainly Varahamihira (505 CE) who
> institutionalized and popularized astrology in India, fully conscious ...more
Balachandra Rao <balacha...@gmail.com> Feb 17 11:23PM +0530
Dear Rakesh Nath,
Thank you. In fact, in Varahamihira's "Brihad-jaataka" the
twelve raashis are introduced not
with their Sanskrit names like Mesha,Vrishabha etc but with Greek ...more
Dhinakar Rajaram <rdhi...@gmail.com> Feb 17 07:36PM +0530
17/02/2012
Dear All,
Today I got front surface or first surface mirror for projecting sun safely
to see spots and transits specially made by SPACE as a gift. This method of
solar observation I ...more
"Sunil G.R." <super...@gmail.com> Feb 17 08:31PM +0530
Hi,
Yes, i had bookmarked this page to read it later. Somehow till now, i could
not go through it fully. But got the jist of it.
I hope this is also one of the DIY project.
What would be ...more
Naveen Nanjundappa <naveen.na...@gmail.com> Feb 17 03:59PM +0530
Dear All,
I have received positive feedback from Mr. Devgun, he will keep me posted
for next IASC event. BAS will be considered, so far we have 12 entries.
Thanks for your interest, I shall get ...more
Amar Sharma <amar_u...@yahoo.com> Feb 16 11:52PM -0800
Yesterday after letting the CCD stay on the imaging train, because I didnt visually see it dangling, I proceeded with slewing the telescope. At 45* altitude it stayed put, so I was confident and ...more
Suresh Mohan <drsure...@gmail.com> Feb 17 03:54PM +0530
Amar the next time u drop it maybe the last time , pls buy the new connector , u were simply lucky
Suresh
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