30 Sidewalk astronomy nights on Media.

[Naveen Nanjundappa]

Dear All,

Articles of 30 day sidewalk on local newspapers.
Thanks to DNA and Deccan Chronicle for covering BAS events.

Lets respect their copyrights and purchase the copy of the newspaper for future reference or use epaper to read.

congratulations to all volunteers.

Naveen Nanjundappa

[Madheswaran R]

Wow. I am a new comer to this group. You guys are really doing a good job. Hats off.

Its an amazing feat, though I missed the event L as I came to know about BAS & its activities only last week and was travelling last week end.

 

Do you still have any activity scheduled in the near future so I can join? Viewing Jupiter is only possible in October every year? Did I just miss a good time to see it?

Also I need to decide what type & size of the telescope only after trying with some pieces (as the DNA news said people complaining “Jupiter is too small”).

 

Thanks for your time.

 

Madhes

 

 

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[Akarsh Simha]

> Do you still have any activity scheduled in the near future so I can join?
> Viewing Jupiter is only possible in October every year? Did I just miss a
> good time to see it?

No... Jupiter is mostly visible throughout the year.

> Also I need to decide what type & size of the telescope only after trying

> with some pieces (as the DNA news said people complaining *Jupiter is too
> small*).

It's going to be hard / expensive to get a telescope which will give
you a "big" view of Jupiter. A good quality 8" reflector should show a
satisfactory image, though.

Regards
Akarsh

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well, if you have a nice mounted pair of binoculars, you should be able to see jupiter better than naked-eye.

having said that, if you have any sort of large zoom camera, say even a 5x optical (not digital zoom), you should easily be able to figure out the galilean moons with even as little as a 5-second exposure. i've consistently used a 12x sony h1 and a 20x canon zr200 to get some amazing photographs.

beats naked-eye observing anyday, mostly :)