EVENTS


 

    Below is the list of all the confirmed participants selected for All India Asteroid Search Campaign, 2013.

    Congratulations to all of you!

    Please note Workshop details for Phase 1participants

    Date - 23rd April (Tuesday)

    Time - 9:30 am onwards

    Venue - Bal Bharati Public School, Pitampura

    International Campaign (28th April - 01st June)

    SPACE associated Centre for Students Excellence (CSE) in astronomy and space science

    Team 1) Bal Bharati Public School, Pitampura, New Dehi

    Sagar Kalra & Angad Singh

    Team 2) Step by Step, Noida, UP

    Yashowardhan Gupta & Dhruv Jain

    Team 3) GD Goenka, Rohini, New Delhi

    Asna Mushir & Deepanshu Malik

    Phase 1 (28th April - 01st June)

    Team 1) DAV Centenary Public School, Paschim Enclave, New Delhi

    Imran Khan & Yash Tanwar

    Team 2) Ryan International School, Sec-25 Rohini, New Delhi

    Harshiel Chahal & Rain Bakshi

    Team 3) Bal Bharati Public School, Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi

    Naman Arora & Sameer Sachdeva

    Team 4) Amity International School, Saket, New Delhi

    Taranjit Singh & Shobhit Ranjan

    Team 5) Tagore International School, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi

    Rahul S Thadani & Prithvi Raj Chopra

    Team 6) Amity International School, Sec-6 Vasundhara, Gzbd, UP

    Shivpad Sharma & JS Gautam

    Team 7) Delhi Public School, Gurgaon, Haryana

    Chirag Bisht & Jai Sharma

    Team 8) Amity International School, Sec-46 Gurgaon, Haryana

    Aditya Harjai & Satvika Kalia

    Team 9) Ryan International School, Mayur Vihar, New Delhi

    Jaishri Ram & Simran

    Team 10) CRPF Public School, Dwarka, New Delhi

    Ajay Kumar & Aryan GD Singh

    Team 11) St. Gregorios School, Dwarka, New Delhi

    Anubhav Sharma & Akshita Nautiyal

    Team 12) St. Mary's School, Dwarka, New Delhi

    R Siddharth & Kshitij Kumar

    Team 13) Bal Bharati Public School, Dwarka, New Delhi

    Ranjay Popli & Nehal Chaturvedi

    Team 14) Arwachin International School, Dilshad Garden, New Delhi

    B Bhaskar Shiva & Kushagra Sharma

    Team 15) Bangalore Astronomical Society

    Naveen Nanjundappa & Kiran Kumar Tikare

    Phase 2 (02nd June - 08th July)

    Team 1) Ryan International School, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi

    Nikhil Sharma & Mihir Chawla

    Team 2) DAV Public School, Gurgaon, Haryana

    Aviral Chawla & Avirup Chattaraj

    Team 3) Bal Bharati Public School, Rohini, New Delhi

    Anurag Gupta & Dhruv Singhal

    Team 4) Modern Convent Sr. Sec. School, Dwarka, New Delhi

    Vedansh Vershney & Vibhu Goel

    Team 5) St. Columbas School, Ashoka Road, New Delhi

    Shashank Rawat & Mayank Singhal

    Team 6) Amity International School, Noida, UP

    Sukeerat Singh Goindi & Tanya Saharya

    Team 7) Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 

    Satyam Dua & Ujjwal Gupta

    Team 8) Delhi Public School International, Saket, New Delhi

    Shreyans Kulshrestha & Prableen Singh Khurana

    Team 9) ITL Public School, Dwarka, New Delhi

    Sampriti Dutta & Akul Hallan

    Team 10) St. Margaret Sr Sec School, Prashant Vihar, Rohini, New Delhi

    Vrinda & Ekagra Midha

    Team 11) Summer Fields School, East of Kailash, New Delhi

    Unnikrishnan R Menon & Chetan Pandey

    Team 12) Navy Children School, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi

    Siddharth Mohanty & Mohit Joshi

    Team 13) Tagore International School, East of Kailash, New Delhi

    Abhinav Verma & Vivek Verma

    Team 14) Springdales School, Pusa Road, New Delhi

    Manan Sachdev & Tavish Narang 

    Team 15) Delhi Public school, R.K. Puram, New Delhi

    Siddharth Jain & Dhruv Shaurya Singhal

    Team 16) Apeejay School, Sheikh Sarai, New Delhi

    Sukrit Arora & Mihir Goel

    Team 17) The Srijan School, Model Town, New Delhi

    Rhea & Vatsal Gupta

    Team 18) Hillwoods Academy, Preet Vihar, New Delhi

    Riddhi Srivastava & Madhulika Kundalia

    Team 19) Amity International School, Pushp Vihar, New Delhi

    Gaurav Pati & Shourya Chambial

    Team 20)  Sun City World School, Gurgaon, Haryana

    Kartik Gupta & Aniruddh Vardarajan

    Team 21) Ryan International School, Gr. Noida, UP

    Vaibhav Kaushik & Sahil Srivastava

    Team 22) Khaitan Public School, Noida, UP

    Adhyan Mall & Pragya Kapoor

    Team 23) Birla Vidya Niketan, Pushp Vihar, New Delhi

    Samarth Chawla & Aayush Gupta

    Team 24) ASN Sr. Sec School, Mayur Vihar, New Delhi

    Karan & Aayush Parashar

    Team 25) Modern School, Barakhamba, New Delhi

    Vishesh Agarawal & Udita Bansal

    Team 26)  Vivekanand School, Anand Vihar, New Delhi

    Pranjal Munjal & Siddharth

    Team 27) Gems Akademia International School, Kolkata

    Srinjoy Dassgupta & Varsha Aggarwal

    Team 28) Miranda House, Delhi University, New Delhi

    Tasha Gautam & Pujita Ningthoukhongjam

    Team 29) IIT, New Delhi

    Aman Jakhar & Aryan Jakhar

    Team 30) ACS College of Engineering, Mysore Road, Bangalore

    Aakash Dalmia & Jithin P Sajeevan 

    In the spirit of World Heritage Day, SPACE in collaboration with ASI conducted “Heritage Walk” at Jantar Mantar on 18th April, 2013.

    World Heritage Day is about encouraging people to enjoy and protect heritages around to ensure that future generations can appreciate this legacy too. With this sprit, Mr. CB Devgun, President, SPACE acted as an educational guide to approximately 70 people who attended this scientific walk at Jantar Mantar.

    Mr. Devgun demonstrated and discussed the working of the ancient instruments; Samrat Yantra, Misra Yantra, Ram Yantra and Jai Prakash Yantra at the 300 years old astronomical observatory.

    Participants were shown how Samrat Yantra can be used as a giant sundial to tell time. They were also shown how Ram Yantra and Jai Prakash Yantra have two separate complementary structures so that the ancient astronomer could step inside the instrument and do their measurements. They were excited to find out how ancient astronomers studied the motions of the sun, moon and planets without the help of any high tech satellites or telescopes, and told time without any clocks!

    For pictures of the event CLICK HERE

    To celebrate World Heritage Day, SPACE in collaboration with ASI is organizing a “Heritage Walk” at Jantar Mantar. Be a part of the celebrations on 18th April, 2013 at 3:00 pm.

    Under this walk, experts from SPACE will be demonstrating and discussing the working of the ancient instruments at the 300 years old astronomical observatory. Participants will find out how ancient astronomers studied the motions of the sun, moon and planets without the help of any high tech satellites or telescopes, and told time without any clocks!

    Participation in this Heritage Walk is being kept open to general public and entry will be free of cost for those who have already registered themselves with SPACE. Approximately 100 people will be able to attend this walk on first cum first serve basis

    Entry will be free of cost for those who have already registered themselves with SPACE.

    World Heritage Day celebrates the diversity of heritage through the world in the name of "International Day for Monuments and Sites" on April 18th every year. “International Monuments and Sites Day” has been traditionally called the World Heritage Day. World Heritage Day is all about encouraging people to enjoy and protect heritages around to ensure that future generations can appreciate this legacy too.

    Details of the event -

    Date – 18-04-2013 (Thursday)
    Time – 3:00 to 5:00 pm
    Venue – Jantar Mantar, New Delhi

    To Register CLICK HERE

    2013 is said to be the year of comets!! We have at least 2 comets predicted to reach naked eye (well almost) visibility, and Comet Panstarrs takes the lead. Its shining (though feebly) now almost on the horizon just after the sunset. If you have clear western horizon, try to locate the Comet with naked eyes or wide field binoculars. Favourable dates are just about to begin, start looking for it on 9th March onwards. Binoculars in India are avialiable at Space Arcade.

    On March 5th, Comet Pan-STARRS makes its closest approach to Earth (1.1 AU), followed on March 10th by its closest approach to the sun (0.3 AU). As Comet Pan-STARRS passes the sun, solar glare might make it difficult to see even as the nucleus vaporizes and brightens. By March 12th and 13th, the comet will be seen in the sunset skies of the northern hemisphere not far from the crescent Moon.

    Comet C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS), is a non-periodic comet discovered in June 2011, that is expected to be visible to the naked eye when it is near perihelion in March 2013. The comet was discovered using the Pan-STARRS telescope located near the summit of Haleakala, on the island of Maui in Hawaii. It can also be seen through Space Launcher Telescopes in India, which are availiable at economical / cheap prices throughout vast dealership network of space arcade telescopes in india.

    Comet C/2011 L4 had an apparent magnitude of 19 when it was discovered in June 2011. By early May 2012, the comet had brightened to magnitude 13.5, and could be seen visually when using a large amateur telescope from a dark site. As of October 2012, the coma (expanding tenuous dust atmosphere) was estimated to be about 120 000 km in diameter. The comet was spotted without optical aid on 7 February 2013 at a magnitude of ~6. Comet PANSTARRS passed close to Earth on 5 March 2013 at a distance of 1.09 au. It will come to perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) on 10 March 2013.

    To view this splendid sight you should have a clear western horizon with no light pollution teamed up with any telescope in India more than 76 mm diameter. Wide field binoculars in india such as 10x50, 8x60, 25x100 and 20x60 will also give a good view and are good options to witness the phenomenon. 

    Comet data for Delhi

    Date Altitude at 7:00 pm IST
    Azimuth at 7:00 pm IST
    expected Magnitude (estimated) taken from MPC*
    Comments
    March 9 5 260 0.5  
    March 10 6 262 0.5  
    March 11 7 264 0.5  
    March 12 8 267 0.6  
    March 13 8.5 269 0.7

    Thin crescent moon will act as a guide to look for the Comet.It will be about 5 deg below the moon towards 7 o’clock position
    March 14 9 272 0.9  
    March 15 10 274 1.1  
    March 16 10 277 1.3  
    March 17 10 279 1.5  

    Magnitude predictions and observation till Feb 20th

    Come celebrate a day of fun science with your family!

    SPACE in collaboration with Nehru Planetarium cordially invites you to join us to celebrate the spirit of National Science Day by participating in the Water Rocketry competition for all government and private schools in Delhi/NCR and general public. National Science Day is celebrated to commemorate the discovery of 'Raman Effect' by noted Indian physicist and nobel Laureate Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman. 

    The competition with be preceded by a workshop. It will consist of explanation on the basics and participants will be guided to make their own rockets. 

    Water rocket workshop and competition will consist of: 

    - Workshop on how to make water rockets 
    - Competition where participants will be judged on their rockets proximity to the target zone.

    We invite participation from the public or private schools in Delhi/NCR. Each team shall comprise of four members who can be a mix of students, teacher or parents. Families are welcome to join.

    Note - Students from class 6th onwards can participate in this workshop/competition. Last date to receive registrations is 26th February, 2013. 

    Event Details

    Date – 28th Feb, 2013 (Thursday)
    Time – 9:00 am to 1:30 pm 
    Venue – Nehru Planetarium, Teen Murti House, New Delhi – 110011

    Please note that the workshop is free of cost in the spirit of National Science Day. The participants are requested to bring their own material required for making the rockets. The launchers will be provided by SPACE at the site. 

    List of material required per team –
                   
    1.     Pepsi bottles (Empty) 500 ml – 06
    2.     Insulation Tape – 02
    3.     Ivory Sheets – 05
    4.     Pair of Scissors – 01
    5.     Pencil, Scale, Pen, Eraser, Sharpener – 01 (Each student)
    6.     Compass
    7.     Sketch Pens – 1 Pack 

    To register or for further information call SPACE on 011-25522193 or to Mrs. Joseph/Mr. Hukum Chand from Nehru Planetarium at 011-23014504.  

    SPACE conducted a unique 3 days workshop; ISS EarthKAM from 29th Jan to 31st Jan, 2013 at SPACE associated CSE (Centre for Student Excellence) Indraprastha World School, Paschim Vihar. This workshop was conducted by SPACE to familiarize participants to shoot real Earth imagery through the ISS (International Space Station) via the ISS EarthKAM. SPACE brought this enthralling experience for its associated CSE schools at several places in Delhi/NCR with the workshop as mentioned.
    SPACE has been coordinating this project from the last 4 years. This year, SPACE hosted a bigger platform as; for the first time it was brought under the reach of common public. 

    There were more than 150 participants which included students and general public. Students from 15 schools around Delhi/NCR participated in this workshop. Dr. Rajesh Hasija, Director, Indraprastha welcomed and encouraged the participants in the first session of the workshop i.e. 29th Jan, 2013.

    Participants were fascinated after this workshop and felt themselves as part of the real space mission. For many of them, being a part of this workshop was a once in a life time experience and they were excited to explore more about space. About 300 images of different locations on Earth were clicked by the participants using the ISS EarthKAM camera.

    To read more about ISS EarthKAM Click Here

    CLICK HERE for images taken by ISS of regions submitted by participants and workshop conduction photographs.

    Schools that participated in ISS EarthKAM workshop with SPACE include :

    29th Jan, 2013

    Ryan International School, Rohini, Sector 25
    St Margaret Sr. Secondary School
    Amity International School, Sector-6, Vasundhara
    Ryan Int School, Rohini, Sector 11
    Springdales School, Pusa Road

    30th Jan

    Arwachin International School
    Tagore International School, East of Kailash
    Bal Bharati Pubic School, Gangaram Hospital Marg
    Amity Int School, Noida
    Bal Bharati Pubic School, Dwarka

    31st Jan

    St. Columba’s School
    Navy Children School, Chanakyapuri
    Apeejay Shaikh Saraik
    Vivek Anand School, Anand Vihar

    Phase I: January 3 - 12, 2013
    Phase II: January 31 - February 9, 2013
    Phase III: March 3 - 12, 2013
    Phase IV: March 31 - April 9, 2013
    Phase V: April 29 - May 8, 2013

    More details about participation and method - www.projectdarkskies.org

    About GISC

    GISC helps to create awareness about the local light pollution among the masses (light pollution doesn’t directly effect the humans as the air and water pollution do). This citizen science project is designed to raise awareness about light pollution and the night sky as well as encourage learning in astronomy. The project helps you to contribute information about light pollution in your locality. Your participation will help us create a large Indian presence so the light pollution map of India can be quantified.

    How to participate?

    You need not have any formal training for this campaign, all you need to do is count the number of stars visible to you in your local skies and report it. You may choose: the pipe method or the constellation method. 

    If you participate  and submit results in 2 or more phases, you will be awarded a participation certificate by SPACE. You must mobilise the people around you and make them aware about this cause of concern.  Engage your friends and family to count the stars at night, record observations. (You can even do it while you have an ice-cream) 

    For Registrations CLICK HERE