30th Annual Report 2017-18
251 Visitors Astronomical Activities and Public Outreach Programmes Total Lunar Eclipse Jayant V. Narlikar and Mangala Narlikar (IUCAA). Ranjan Gupta (IUCAA). D.K. Sahu (IIA, Bengaluru). Amitesh Omar (ARIES, Nainital). M. Gopinathan (IIA, Bengaluru). Parijat Thakur (Guru Ghasidas Central University, Bilaspur). Various astronomical activities were organized during the INSPIRE summer and winter camps. Planetarium Show, Sky Watching Programme and Telescope Demonstrations were organized time to time at various places. S. K. Pandey and N.K. Chakradhari have delivered lectures in several Schools, Colleges and Public forums, as a part of Science Popularization and Public Outreach Programmes. The first Lunar Eclipse of year 2018 took place on January 31. During this time, the Moon was closer to the Earth, and apparently bigger in size. Since it was second full Moon in the same month, it was called supper-blue-Moon. A sky gazing programme was held to witness the eclipse at the IUCAA Resource Centre. The event was viewed using 6 inch Newtonian Telescope (provided by IUCAA), 8 inch, and 14 inch Schmidt Cassegrain Telescopes, available at Professor R.K.Thakur Memorial Observatory of the Department. The Moon was already in total eclipse phase, when it was rising. Many people and students had gathered to see the eclipse. Their questions were answered by N.K. Chakradhari, L.K. Chawre, Mahendra Verma and Amit Tamrakar. The event was broadcasted live by many TV Channels. It was also covered in local News Papers.
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