http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/ Indian Comet Observing Group Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:25:53 GMT Amar http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/432 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/432 Excerpt from my observing report of 18th June... http://www.bas.org.in/Home/blog/amaruniverse/2009/19/06/observing-session-report-18th-june-2009 ... "We missed Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:39:22 GMT Akarsh Simha http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/431 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/431 Hi ... I forgot to mention that Day 2 of the workshop was almost completely covered (live) on BAS' twitter profile: http://www.twitter.com/b_a_s It has some Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:38:17 GMT Akarsh Simha http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/430 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/430 Hi This is a rather late report on Day 2 [14th June 2009] of Vishnu Reddy's workshop on Comets, Asteroids and Meteorites that happened at Jawaharlal Nehru Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:30:48 GMT Akarsh Simha http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/429 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/429 Hi As most of you probably know, Vishnu Reddy, who is in India for adding value to amateur astronomy in India on the occasion of IYA2009 is now in Bangalore, Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:55:05 GMT Akarsh Simha http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/428 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/428 Vishnu Reddy's workshop in Bangalore on "Comets, Asteroids and Meteorites" is drawing closer and BAS is planning to close registrations shortly. Those of you Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:54:03 GMT rathnasree63 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/427 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/427 For those in Delhi: Hello, there will be a public lecture by Vishnu Reddy, at the Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi, at 5 PM on the 3rd of June 2009. Vishnu Reddy Mon, 11 May 2009 17:43:36 GMT Akarsh Simha http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/426 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/426 Hi We're looking for blogs, photo albums and websites (which support RSS and Atom feeds) pertaining to Astronomy, so that we can aggregate them at Tue, 05 May 2009 23:15:45 GMT Akarsh Simha http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/425 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/425 Hi Folks at the Bangalore Astronomical Society would like to unveil the Astronomy 'Planet' at http://planetastronomy.bas.org.in Planet Astronomy @ bas.org.in Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:50:16 GMT Akarsh Simha http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/422 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/422 FYI -- Akarsh Simha Dear All, Bangalore Astronomical Society plan to conduct its first National Level workshop on "Asteroids, Comets and Meteorites" We are Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:08:49 GMT rathnasree63 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/421 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/421 The National Council of Science Technology and Communication (NCSTC) would be holding all India amateur astronomy meets sometime later this year. They would Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:36:10 GMT Manoj Pai http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/420 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/420 Sidewalk Astronomy and Star Party Awards Check link for full details on the various awards announced Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:40:55 GMT Amar Sharma http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/419 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/419 Hello All, I have finally managed to prepare an exhaustive memoir on Comet Bappu (the first comet discovery by an Indian), gathering info from couple sources, Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:39:27 GMT Amar Sharma http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/418 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/418 Hello All, There has been a new amateur comet discovery by Koichi Itagaki (Takanezawa, Tochigi, Japan) on Mar. 14, 2009, on CCD images obtained with a 21-cm Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:51:22 GMT Manoj Pai http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/416 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/416 I am sure all of you are already aware that the 100 Hours of Astronomy Cornerstone Project is a worldwide event consisting of a wide range of public outreach Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:46:35 GMT Manoj Pai http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/415 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/comet_observing_india/message/415 Entitled "A Worldwide Astronomy MARATHON", the April 2009 issue of Sky & Telecope has an excellent article on 100 Hours of Astronomy. So if you do not want for