Khagol_126_April_2021

Khagol (the Celestial Sphere) is the quarterly bulletin of We welcome your feedback at the following address: IUCAA, Post Bag 4, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411 007, India. Phone : (020) 2569 1414; 2560 4100 Fax : (020) 2560 4699 email : publ@iucaa.in Web page : http://www.iucaa.in/ matchstickds@gmail.com January -March 2021 Avinash Deshpande, Soumavo Ghosh, Santosh Roy, Ruchika Seth, andVidushi Sharma. LongTermVisitors Poshak Gandhi, University of Southampton, UK (Adjunct Faculty); David Hilditch, University of Lisbon, Portugal (Adjunct Faculty); Ashish Mahabal, Caltech, USA (Adjunct Faculty); Ninan Sajeeth Philip,Artificial Intelligence Research and Intelligence Systems, Thelliyoor, Kerala (Visiting Professor); and A. R. Rao, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai (Visiting Professor). Visitors Revisiting Second Saturday Lecture Demonstration ProgrammewithLive Interaction February 13, 2021:Why studyAstronomy?, by Jayant Narlikar (English). March 27, 2021: Our place in space, by SomakRaychaudhury (English). After each lecture demonstration, both the speakers interacted with the audience, and answered their questions. IUCAAAwesomeAmateur AstronomyTalkSeries February 21, 2021: Amateur Planetary Observation and Contributions, by Sanjay Limaye, and Tim Robertson, and was coordinated by Samir Dhurde, andAtharva Pathak. Videos of all the SciPoP events can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/c/IUCAASciPOP/ | KHAG L | No. 126 - APRIL 2021 | 12 Experimental Demonstration onScientific Concepts A special session for Experimental Demonstrations on Scientific Concepts was organised on March 1, 2021, by the Agastya International Foundation. Ninety students of class 8 participated in the session. Topics like sound and light were covered, andRupesh Labade conducted the session. Workshop onAstronomy andZero ShadowDay Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement, Mysore, in association with Vigyan Prasar, Noida, and IUCAA SciPoP, organised a Workshop on Astronomy and Zero ShadowDay, during Match 24 – 27, 2021, at Dharwad, Karnataka. The resource person, Tushar Purohit gave a talk, and conducted the hands- on activities in theworkshop. TalksGivenby the SciPoPTeam January 13, 2021: Know our Universe, at Homi Bhabha Balvaidnyanik, Kankavli, by Sonal Thorve. February 5, 2021: History of telescope, at Modern College, Ganeshkhind, Pune, by Tushar Purohit. February 23, 2021: Sky watching and Astronomy, at C.T. BoraCollege, Shirur, by Tushar Purohit. February 28, 2021: Sky watching, for Bhaskar Astro Association, by Tushar Purohit. February 28, 2021: Citizen scientist in astronomy, organised by Vigyan Prasar, Noida, and Saptarshi India AsteroidHuntingCamp, by Tushar Purohit. March 5, 2021: Use of toys in science education, at H.H.C.P. Huzurpaga Girls High School, Laxmi Road Pune, by Rupesh Labade.