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ASTRONOMY CLUB

Dive into the captivating world of amateur astronomy where members enjoy observing celestial objects with portable telescopes and binoculars. Discover the wonders of the day and night sky through star tracking, comet spotting, and more. Join us in unraveling the mysteries of the universe!

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ASTRONOMY CLUB

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  1. ASTRONOMY CLUB

  2. Amateur Astronomy Amateur astronomy, also called backyard astronomy, is a hobby whose participants enjoy watching the night sky (and the day sky too, for sunspots, eclipses, etc.), and the plethora of objects found in it, mainly with portable telescopes and binoculars. Even though scientific research is not their main goal, many amateur astronomers make a contribution to astronomy by monitoring variable stars, tracking asteroids and discovering transient objects, such as comets.

  3. Equipment Binoculars • Are smaller, lighter and more portable than telescopes. • Binoculars don’t require any assembly, unlike most telescopes, making them an easy piece of equipment to use for people of any age or skill level. Telescopes Although it takes more work to assemble, use and properly manipulate a telescope, one can see many more details of the sky with a telescope • What do we want from a telescope? Light gathering, magnification & resolution • Unresolved objects such as Stars & Resolved objects: such as Planets, Sun, moon, stellar clusters, globular clusters, planetary nebula. Photography • It can be done with a traditional or digital camera. • Alternatively, one can use a CCD or Charge-Coupled Device camera, which is a sensitive electronic device having silicon chips that are particularly sensitive to light, meaning they can detect especially faint objects that regular cameras aren’t able to capture. These pictures are viewed and manipulated on a special computer software.

  4. Telescopes… Of the two Telescopes the Astronomy Club has, One is PARABOLIC REFLECTOR D=130 / F=900mm MODEL SK 1309P EQ2 Description Diameter 130 mm Focal length 900 mm Secondary Mirror Diameter 34.5mm Focal ratio F/ 7 Highest Practical Power 260x Faintest Stellar Magnitude 13.3 Resolving power 0.9 Finder scope Red Dot Finder Focuser Diameter 1.25" Eyepiece Super 10 mm & Super 25 mm Magnification with eyepiece 90x and 36x Variable Barlow (1.5 -2X -2.5x -3x) 10mm: 135x, 180x, 225x, 270x 25mm: 54x, 72x, 90x, 108x. Mount Type EQUATORIAL Slow-motion Control RA & DEC Counterweight's 3.5Kgs Piggyback Bracket Yes Accessories Tray Wall-to-wall Tube weight 4.21 Kgs Tube Dimension 17cm Dia. x 83cm length Tripod Height 71-123cm

  5. And the another one is REFRACTOR D=90 / F=900mm MODEL SK 909 EQ2 Description Diameter 90 mm (3.5 ") Focal length 900 mm (35.4") Focal ratio F/ 10 Highest Practical Power 140x Faintest Stellar Magnitude 11.9 Resolving Power 1.65 Finder scope 6 x 30 Focuser Diameter 1.25" Diagonal 90 degree Star Diagonal Eyepieces Super 10 mm and Super 25 mm Magnifications with eyepieces 70x and 28x. 2x Barlow lens 140x and 56x Mount Equatorial Tripod Height 71-123cm Slow Motion Control Vertical & Horizontal Accessories Tray Wall-to-wall Tube Weight 2.49Kgs Tube Dimension 9cm Dia. x 86.5cm length Metal tripod 71-123cm Gross Weight 15.5Kgs Net Weight 14Kgs

  6. Why Astronomy? • The question of ‘why astronomy’ can be answered by the question ‘why do anything at all?’ • As IRS officers, after along day of work, our mind needs some calm and what can be better than the awesome and unexplored expanse of the unknown that exists right above our heads. • How many of us take the time out to see or are even aware of awesome celestial occurrences that we are oblivious to, like eclipses, transits etc. One might think as to why we even need to know this, but then again the same question can be raised about every other hobby that we pursue. • The moon is one of the most studied objects in the night sky, and watching its craters and trying to fathom how they must have been formed is indeed interesting.

  7. What we’ve achieved so far.. • Procured two telescopes : one refractive and one reflective type. • Inauguration of the ‘Astronomy Lounge’ in the Nalanda Hostel. in May 2010 by Hon’ble Member Shri. Durgesh Shankar in the presence of the Hon’ble Chairman Shri. S.S.N.Moorthy. • Star-Gazing sessions in collaboration with Raman Science Centre and Astro-Photography. • Introduction of the software STELLARIUM to all the probationers. • Setting up of an exhibition/display area on Campus.

  8. GL I MPS E S

  9. Astronomy and NADT: On the cards.. • Construction of an ‘Astronomy Room’ with state of the art Equipment. • A visit to Raman Science Centre, Nagpur (Planetarium, Sky Gazing High Magnification Telescopes) • Continuing the process of Covering celestial events, e.g., eclipses, planetary alignment, planetary transits. • Workshops for IRS officers in and around Nagpur • Educating Students of Various Schools in Nagpur about Astronomy, through the Club

  10. THANK YOU..!!

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