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Sky this Month : August
August is here. Episode Nine: The Sky This Month : August This month we show you the Milky way from our vantage point along with the Centaur with a Bow and Arrow and the Ex-Polestar bidding us farewell. The audio is designed to guide you through the night sky ideally visible around 8.00pm each night... Continue Reading
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Get the Spectrum of a Star: DIY
The visible light or visible spectrum is the portion of “Electromagnetic Spectrum” that is visible to human eye. The light received from the heavenly bodies like Sun, Moon or stars is a composite light (white light). Splitting of White Light A plate with a large number of parallel slits is what we call, a diffraction... Continue Reading
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The δ-Aquariids meteor shower. All you need to know
The δ Aquariids (Delta Aquariids) shower is a long and rambling meteor shower that is active between July 12 and August 23 every year and peaks on the 27-30 of July. Where and how to watch? The meteors from this shower will appear to originate from a star named Skat, which is in the constellation... Continue Reading
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Sky this Month : July
July is here. Episode Eight: The Sky This Month : July This month we take you on a tour across the (cloudy) sky and bring you Bootes, Draco, Hercules and the Might Scorpion – Scorpius. The audio is designed to guide you through the night sky ideally visible around 8.00pm each night in July. You... Continue Reading
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Asteroid Day 2021 : PAAC Infographic
Asteroid Day is a UN-sanctioned global awareness campaign participated annually on 30 June. The mission is to inspire, engage and educate the public about asteroids opportunities and risks. We at PAAC decided to join the campaign and do a little something from out side by compiling the data from NASA-JPL Small-Body database and Sentry monitoring... Continue Reading