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The Bangalore Astronomical Society, a registered Non-Profit Organization under the KSR act of 1965 is a group of individuals committed to astronomy, and promoting it as both a hobby and science.
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The International Year of Astronomy has Dawned!!
The IAU and UNESCO have declared this year to be the "International Year of Astronomy" to commemorate Galileo's observation of Jupiter's moons through his telescope. See http://www.astronomy2009.org for details.
The mission of this year, for BAS just as for many other astronomy-related establishments - both amateur and professional, is to popularize astronomy and to take astronomy to as many people as possible, and at every level.
The IAU has also resolved to work on other areas where attention is needed like Light Pollution awareness, Better astronomy education etc. which will prove beneficial for the future of astronomy. BAS will join IAU in this, along with hundreds of astronomy establishments worldwide. read more »
Generic Meeting
Start: 01/03/2009 - 17:00
This is an event where astronomy enthusiasts in Bangalore meet up and discuss astronomy, introduce themselves to one-another and socialize.
Venue: Cubbon Park, near Indira Priyadarshini Childrens' Library. See the first part of our Venues page for details.
Some of the more-experienced amateur astronomers who have attended star parties and operated telescopes before will also be present.
Everyone is invited!
BAS Membership Application forms will also be accepted. read more »
Report on the Observing Session, 6th December 2008
This was a BAS Observing Session coming after months! Shweta, Sathya, Madhu, Akarsh, Amar, Ravindra, Rakesh, Sunil and Pavan attended the event.
Sathya and Co. set up the School's 8" Telescope and trained it at the setting moon and took a few shots. Amar had brought his Oberwerk 25x100 binoculars with Paralellogram mount from his home, all the way. Amar had left the base to support the tripod, but the Engineers and Instrumentation folk (Madhu, Sathya, Ravindra) put together their brains and used a rope to tie up the tripod in place! Soon, the 25x100 was set up and ready for observing. read more »
Biggest Full Moon of Year 2008
Full Moon on 11/12 Dec is the biggest and brightest full moons of year 2008.
Above picture shows two full moons taken by thro a 6 inch reflector telescope 6 months apart.
A simple photography project can be taken by students and amature astronomers, taking full moon photos every month for 1 year can clearly show the changes in the size of Moon due to its elicptical orbit round the earth.
The nearest point(Perigee) and farthest point(Apogee) on Moon orbit differs by approximately 55,000 Kms !! read more »
Rumour - " 7 moons of Venus is visible tonight"
" Tonight by 10:53 all the 7 moons of Venus will be visible in the sky this will happen only once in 7,306,428 years so don't miss it NASA has announced forward to your friends"
You might have got the above message in your SMS or email and wondering how come Venus suddenly have 7 moons,
You are right, there are no moons for Venus, so the above information is WRONG ! Please don't trust such messages nor forward.
There is no claim from NASA for such messages !
Places to buy telescopes
DISCLAIMER: BAS has absolutely no affiliations with any of these dealers unless explicitly stated. Any opinions here are members' opinions and are here for information purposes only. BAS has no undisclosed interests in any of these dealers. BAS does not warrant the trustworthiness or reliability of any of these dealers. Also, this list of dealers is not exhaustive and does not intend to be exhaustive either. read more »
Bangalore Astronomical Society Presents Astro-Painting Contest for Students
Bangalore Astronomical Society Presents its first state level Astro-Painting contest.
Please check the attached document with official rules. or contact info@bas.org.in
- Summary of the rules.
- Contest on December 20, 2008. 18:00 IST
- Open to students who are not more than 16 years and not less than 12 years of age as on 1st Jan 2008. One Entry per student. Resident of Karnataka State.
- Submit your original painting related to any aspect of astronomy with a description not exceeding 200 words
- Rupees 100/-(one hundred only) per entry as contest entry fee
-- There is no Entry fee for students from village schools --
Smiley face created by Venus, Jupiter and Moon
Today ( 1st Dec 2008 ) the planets Venus and Jupiter appeared to be close to each other along with Moon. ( looking like a smiley face " :) "
This is not a "physical" get together - only a "visual" alignment from our terrestrial perspective.
In fact moon is going to occult Venus that night but the even will not be visible from India.
Watch out for a similar event during 30.Dec.2008 read more »
Chandrashekar no more.
I regretfully announce this news to the BAS community that our dear friend and Joint secretary of BAS, Chandrashekar R (fondly, chandru to most of us) is no more.
Chandrashekar had been part of BAS since Nov 2006, and had ever since been instrumental in organizing BAS events and contributing to the cause of BAS in general. Last year, He was also elected formally into the BAS council as the Joint secy of BAS. read more »
"Astronomy at Schools"
Learning about astronomy should never be boring.
We will take you to the moons of Jupiter, and explore the distant worlds. Travel through the universe and discover just how small we are. So strap yourself in for a great ride.
Bangalore Astronomical Society presents a special program "Astronomy at Schools",
which is packed with activities, fun facts, interactions for students of Class 8-10
Contact your Principal and REGISTER Now, email us info@bas.org.in