Star chart for September 2010 with constellations
P R Chandramohan/AASTRO
Events
Written By: aastrokerala on August 2, 2010
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2010 August sky
August 1: A Waning Gibbous Moon stands 11 degrees N-NE of Jupiter after midnight.Mars and Saturn are nearly 2 degrees apart in West just after sunset.
August 3: Last Quarter Moon.
August 5: The Moon (32% illuminated) stands within 4 degrees from Pleiades (M45) in east before dawn.Venus-Saturn-Mars forms a perfect triangle in [...]
Written By: aastrokerala on August 2, 2010
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As a part of its monthly public lecture series,AASTRO is going to conduct a presentation on ‘Basic Techniques on Astrophotography’ on August 4th , Wednesday at Kerala State Science and technology Museum, Thiruvananthapuram. The talk will be delivered by Shri.Ramachandran who is a member of Royal Astronomical Society and an expert in this field. This is the 9th [...]
Written By: aastrokerala on July 23, 2010
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Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) under department of Science and Technology has invited applications from School and College students of Academic year 2010-11, as per following streams, interested in research careers, for KVPY Fellowships:
STREAM SA:
Students enrolled in the XI Standard (Science subjects) and have secured a minimum of 75% (65% for SC/ST) [...]
Written By: aastrokerala on July 6, 2010
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AASTRO office bearers,members and enthusiasts , as a part of its monthly meet up, will gather at Kerala state Science & technology Museum on Wednesday, 5.30 PM. AASTRO will arrange public lectures and discussions regarding vivid topics in astronomy, astrophysics,physics, space science and allied subjects. For July, we have a presentation on Relativity theory by Shri.K.S.Skaria IPS followed [...]
Written By: aastrokerala on July 5, 2010
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JULY 1: Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 10h UT (distance 405,036 km; angular size 29.8′)
JULY 3: Moon near Jupiter (morning sky) at 20h UT. Mag. -2.5.
JULY 4: Last Quarter Moon at 14:35 UT.
JULY 6: Earth at Aphelion (farthest from Sun) at 11h UT. The Sun- Earth distance is 1.01670 a.u. or about 152.1 [...]
Written By: aastrokerala on May 31, 2010
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June 3 : Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 17h UT (distance 404,266 km; angular size 29.4′).
June 4: Last Quarter Moon at 22:13 UT.
June 6: Moon near Jupiter (morning sky) at 4h UT. Mag. -2.3.
June 7: Mars 0.8° NNE from Regulus (74° from Sun, evening sky) at 6h UT. Mags. +1.2 and +1.3.
June [...]
Written By: aastrokerala on May 15, 2010
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The sun is one of over 100 billion stars in the Milky Way Galaxy. It is about 25,000 light-years from the center of the galaxy, and it revolves around the galactic center once about every 250 million years.
As a part of their Monthly study sessions,AASTRO Wayanad will take up the topic “The sun” [...]
Written By: aastrokerala on May 10, 2010
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AASTRO Thiruvananthapuram Chapter will have a meet on Thursday,13th may at Kerala State Science & Technology Museum and Priyadarshini Planetarium,PMG junction.AASTRO President Prof.K.Pappootty will preside the meeting and Planetarium director Shri.Arun Jerald Prakash and other eminent personalities will make their presence.upcoming and ongoing activities and programmes will be reviewed and plans for school & college activities will be shaped [...]
Written By: aastrokerala on May 9, 2010
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AASTRO Kerala Thrissur chapter inaugurated yesterday here by by Prof K Pappootty CMS Higher Secondary School, Thrissur on a function presided by eminent amateur astronomer and AASTRO Thrissur Chapter Chairman Shri.P R Chandramohan.District coordinator Shri.K S Sudheer gave the welcome address and Shri.Venugopalan delivered vote of thanks.Astronomy and science popularisation activists ,teachers,students and public from various parts of [...]
