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Workshop Plans and ScheduleThe ScheduleOctober 3rdInaugural Session Chair : Prof. Mridula Mukherjee Inaugural Address 10:00-10:15 AM Prof. Yashpal Key Note Address 10:15 - 10:45 AM Prof. Tushar Prabhu, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore The spirit of Astronomers Without Borders 10:45-10:55 Mike Simmons, President Astronomers without Borders, Co-Chair, 100 Hours of Astronomy, Cornerstone Project for the International Year of Astronomy The spirit of "The World at Night" 10:55-11:00 Babak Tafreshi, Director, The World at Night, Special Project of the International Year of Astronomy Young Speaker reacting to the session : Megha Rajoria, Moti Lal Nehru College Tea 11:00-11:15 AM The timings are inclusive of 5 minutes for discussions Nature is inexhaustible Chair : Prof. Tushar Prabhu From Stars to Quasars 11:15-11:50 Prof. Patrick Das Gupta, Delhi University The Active Sun 11:50-12:15 PM Prof. Wahabuddin, Aryabhatta Institute of Observational Sciences, Nainital Young Speaker reacting to the session : Rohan Mittal, Indore University Landscape Astrophotography Chair : Mike Simmons Landscape Astrophotography 12:15-1:00 Babak Tafreshi, Director, The World at Night Basic Astrophotography and Star Trails 1:00-1:20 C.B. Devgun, President, S.P.A.C.E. Young Speaker reacting to the session : Raghu Kalra Ryan International School Lunch 1:20-2:10 PM The Techniques Chair : Babak Tafreshi Polar alignment 2:10-2:30 PM Vikrant Narang, S.P.A.C.E. Still Camera/piggy back/prime focus/afocal/eye piece projection issues 2:30-3:00 PM Ajay Talwar, Head, Instrumentation and Observations, S.P.A.C.E. Digital astrophotography: with webcams,SLR and CCD cameras 3:00-3:20 Stephan Seip, Stuttgart, Germany Young Speaker reacting to the session Ashmeet Singh Birla Vidya Niketan Tea 3:20-3:30 PM Imaging and Processing Chair : Dr. Anuj Sinha Imaging the Sun 3:30-4:00 PM Gernot Meiser, Saarluis, Germany Imaging the planets 4:00-4:10 PM Ajay Talwar Aspects of Image Processing 4:10-4:30 PM Stephan Seip, Germany Deep Sky Astrophotography 4:30-5:10 Dr. Suresh Mohan, Chennai Special Discussion Planned activities for the International Year of Astronomy, by the NCSTC 5:10 : 5:30 PM Ujjwala Tirkey, NCSTC Young Speaker reacting to the session Thiru Senthil October 4thAfternoon sessions Astronomy with Cameras Chair : Prof. Tushar Prabhu CCD photometry Dr. Padmakar Parihar 11:00-11:45 Science with webcam imaging Stephan Seip 11:45-12:30 Young Speaker reacting to the session Nikhil Pawar Lunch 12:30 - 1:30 Astronomy with small apertures Celestial Variability 2:00-2:30 Dr. Santosh Joshi, Aryabhatta Institute of Observational Sciences, Nainital Possible Science with a B/W CCD and small telescopes 2:30-3:00 Prof. S.K. Pandey, Pt. Ravi Shankar Shukla University, Raipur Comet Imaging and Science 3:00- 3:30 Pawan Chakravarty, IIIT, Allahabad Young Speaker reacting to the session Tushar Gupta Tea 4:00-4:15 Start for Nuh at 4:30 Overnight Observations at Nuh Demonstration of Landscape Astrophotography by Babak Tafreshi, Gernot Meiser and C.B. Devgun Demonstration of Planetary Imaging by Stephan Seip, Ajay Talwar, Ashmeet, Avnish and S. Venkatesh Webcam imaging of Jupiter - in participant groups, with help from volunteers The Sky by Amar Sharma Polar alignment issues demonstrated by Ajay Talwar, Vikrant Narang and Dr. Suresh Mohan Deepsky Imaging by Dr. Suresh Mohan Observations by participants with their own cameras, using barndoor mounts that will be provided October 5thAfternoon Sessions Astronomy with archives Multiwavelength astronomy with spacecraft archives 2:00-2:30 Jayant Murthy, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore Student projects with HST and UMASS data 3:00-3:30 Priya Hassan, Osmania University Young Speaker reacting to the session Avnish Earth, its atmosphere and Light Pollution Concerns Extinction, sky background and seeing by Padmakar Parihar 3:45-4:15 World wide efforts towards Light Pollution Measurements by Mike Simmons 4:15-4:45 Digital Camera images of the sky for measuring light pollution Anurag Garg 4:45-5:15 Measuring Light pollution "project dark skies" - A student's project by C B Devgun 5:15-5:35 Young Speaker reacting to the session Gunjan Bansal Public Events Taare Sadak Par A little skygazing from a planetarium sky theatre and public discussion on light pollution concerns 5:30 PM Tea 6:30 PM Laakhon Taare Aasmaan Par 7:00 - 9:00 PM A musical evening with the few wan stars still visible from central Delhi - in the backlawns of the Teen Murti House Laakhon taare aasmaan par, ek magar dhoondhe na mila ... October 6thThe last day of the workshop is mainly meant for the participants to discuss possible long term projects that they could undertake, with some guidance through the online group interaction, which will include all the speakers and will also have other members from all over the world, who could help in this. There will be some presentations before the open discussions by participants, which will be mainly related to possible small celestial science with moderate apertures and amateur imaging Presentations Timings are inclusive of 5 minutes for discussions Chair : Dr. Priya Hasan Small Science with webcam imaging 10:00-10:20 Stepham Seip, Germany Celestial Variability 10:20-11:00 Dr. Santosh Joshi, ARIES, Nainital Variable star photometry 11:-00-11:20 Dr. Kurtadikar CCD Photometry projects for students 11:20-11:40 Sukanto Deb, Delhi University Tea: 11:40-11:50 Chair: Prof. Jayant Murthy Vigyan Prasar activities and projects for the International Year of Astronomy 11:50-12:15 Arvind Ranade, Vigyan Prasar (Open Discussions (preliminary) - the open discussion session is actually post lunch, but, this segment is for participants who are leaving early ) Nukkad Natak - Taare Sadak Par - a street play on light pollution awareness 12:30-12:45 Measuring Light pollution "project dark skies" by C B Devgun 12:45-1:00 Lunch 1:00-2:00 Project Discussions These will be open discussions which the participants could use as a sounding board for thinking of possible observing/imaging/analysis/astronomy awareness/inter disciplinary connections/just-plain-fun projects to undertake in the coming months Chair : Mike Simmons, Astronomers without Borders Star Peace at the borders Irene Shivaei, from Iran Nepal Astronomical Society Bangalore Astronomical Society Gujrat Amateur Astronomers - Bhuj, Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Veraval, Surat Goa amateur astronomy activities TANASTRO from Chennai All other open discussions :-) On the beginning of our year long (and more) of family interactions and projects Thank You, Prof. Yashpal, Prof. Tushar Prabhu, Ajay Talwar, CB Devgun, Vikrant Narang, Raghu, Nikhil, Megha, Mayank, Ashmeet and everyone All the staff of Nehru Planetarium, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library All the speakers and all the participants who have come from such widely separated locations S.P.A.C.E. and the wonderful experience of the Nuh observations TWAN and its inspiration National Bal Bhavan and in particular, Asha Bhattacharjee, Aswini, Neha and her music group Indian Institute of Astrophysics Aryabhata Institute of Observational Sciences Vigyan Prasar National Council of Science Technology and Communication And the spirit of Astronomers without Borders |