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Winter astronomy trip to Coorg!
Sat, 21 Jan
|Kodagu
Come to Coorg and marvel under the starry skies, with an expert astronomer to help navigate the stars and constellations. we will also setup a high quality telescope to show you Saturn, Venus, Jupiter and Mars, besides other deep sky objects like star clusters, double stars etc.
Time & Location
21 Jan 2023, 1:00 pm – 22 Jan 2023, 10:00 am
Kodagu, Theralu Village and post Coorg South, Karnataka 571249, India
About the event
Below is the schedule for the 21-Jan Winter Astronomy trip.
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm - Arrival, lunch and get to know the campsite, tent allocation
3:00 pm - Briefing followed by Solar Astronomy through a solar telescope (Session 1)
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm - Discussion on solar observation, understand the origin of the sun and our origin story
4:30 pm to 5:00 pm - Interaction, open QnA session over tea/coffee and snacks
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm - Stargazing with telescopes (Session 2) – Observe Mars, Jupiter and its moons, winter milky way, Nebula, star clusters, double stars with the telescope. Also see artificial satellites and possibly meteors, with the naked eye