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Mission 63 of ISS EarthKAM Workshop was conducted with 60 students in delhi in last week of September. An ISS EarthKAM workshop was conducted for 60 students of Delhi in the last week of September 2018. The workshop was organised for the students of grade 8 onwards. The students used the facility provided by NASA […]

Astrophile Travel brings to you all eclipse chasers an excellent opportunity to witness the Annular solar eclipse of 2019 from the picturesque South India along with Christmas and New Year Celebrations ITINERARY 10 Night 11 Day Kerala – Coorg – Ooty Trivandrum ASE 2019 Day No. Date Day Attraction & Activity Day 1 Dec 24

Astrophile Travel brings to you all eclipse chasers an excellent opportunity to witness the Annular solar eclipse of 2020 from the mighty Mansarovar Lake in Tibet. Famous eclipse chaser Mr. Xavier Jubier will be our tour leader and Eclipse expert for the trip. ITINERARY 9 Night 10 Day Lhasa – Mansarovar – Lhasa ASE 2020

September Equinox will fall on September 23rd 2018 at 7:24 AM IST Autumnal Equinox 2018 which marks the south ward motion of Sun will fall on September 23rd at 7:24 AM as per India time. At the mentioned time, the Sun will be directly above the equator and will start moving over the southern hemisphere

Astrophile – International Astronomical Search Collaboration (AIASC) Campaign starting from September 03rd-30th. Astrophile is organising second edition of AIASC (Astrophile – International Search campaign) for the month of September. The campaign will start on September 03 and will go on for 27 days till September 30th. The schools are invited to participate in this campaign.

Perseids Meteor shower of 2018 is going to be the best meteor shower of the year, With peak on the night between Aug 12-13, it is expected to reach a max rate of 60-70 meteors per hour. With the Moon in crescent phase, it will set well before the rising Perseus constellation and will give

Astrophile – International Astronomical Search Collaboration (AIASC) Campaign starting from June 6th to July 4th An exciting opportunity for students to work with astronomers on the realtime data analysis and contributing towards the field of science came up last week. The campaign initiated by international body “International Astronomical Search Collaboration” and extended the opportunity to

Total Lunar Eclipse of July 27th, 2018 On July 27th, 2018 The Moon will go behind the Earth but this time pass through the shadow of Earth creating a geometry causing an eclipse of the Moon. This eclipse will be longest in 21st century with 103 minutes of totality. Eclipses are not rare. They happen

Star Party of April 21-22 from Maria’s Braveheart Campsite in Tijara On April 21, 2018 a few interested amateurs from different fields combined together and shared the skies at Maria’s Braveheart Camp Site near Tijara in Rajasthan. The star party was organised for interested amateurs and sky lovers by the team of Astrpophile. There were

After and exciting full moon on Jan 31st, when The Moon was full, Closest to Earth and also eclipsed, February will not have any full moon. Yes, the month of February this year will not see a complete 100% illuminated Moon. Let us try to understand this. The Moon has a period of 29.53 days