Total Lunar Eclipse - 2011: a poor show at Bangalore

The eclipse that was awaited for long, an eclipse for which many budding amateur astrophotographs were waiting for turned out to be a poor show. The clouds that have been haunting us throughout this observing season turned out in full force and ensured that we only got a partial show of the total eclipse. There was a sizeable crowd that waited patiently - some even beyond 10 pm - but it was a largely disappointing show.

Some of our members who had traveled outside Bangalore seemed to have a better story to tell. We await their report and/or pictures. Here are some pictures taken during the public show at JNP grounds, Bangalore.


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ABAA outreach at JYOTHI KENDRIYA VIDYALA

ABAA. Conducted the outreach program at JYOTHI KENDRIYA VIDYALA, Kanakapura road, Bangalore on the 23rd of Jan. The program was aimed at high school students. Mr Prakash Subbanna gave the introduction and it was followed by astronomy talk by Chandrashekar G.

After the talk students got see the Moon, Jupiter, Mars, open clusters through telescopes of ABAA members and also from JKV's telescope. ABAA would like to thank JKV's physics teacher Miss. Nagrathna for organizing the session.

The telescope at JKV was reconditioned and modified by Anil. The school can now use it show the celestial bodies to the students. ABAA always looks forward for such collaboration with Schools and Colleges.

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