Akashmitra

An Association of Amateur Astronomers, Pune, INDIA

  • About Akashmitra

    Akashmitra is typical ‘Tripple A’ association of Amateur Astronomers - based in Pune.

    Weekly meetings, lectures, stars parties, workshops (telescope and model making) and all other similar activities are carried out by the members of Akashmitra.

    Akashmitra (Akash+mitra) literarily mean friends (mitra) of the sky (akash), however, the name implies here as friends of astronomy.

    The Sun is also called Mitra and is masculine where as in Iran Mitra is also the name of the Sun but is feminine.

  • Reaching NIO

    NIO is popularly known as Dr Kelkar’s Eye Hospital.

    The nearest welknown and historically important location is
    Mahatma Phule Museum,

    One can reach the museum by hiring an auto rickshaw.
    Opposite to the museum is ICICI Bank.

    One can now ask for the Dr Kelkar’s Eye Hospital

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Eclipse Digigraphy by Kshitija Kelkar

Eclipse phtographs by

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Kshitija Kelkar
(mai shayad tumhare liye ajnabi hun,
magar chand tare muze jante hai)

Kshitija, doing her 1st year BSc at FC, Pune, used her Nikon coolpix s4 for photographying partial lunar eclipse of September 7, 2006.

One of her photograph was accepted by the Sky and Telescope site http://skytonight.com/community/gallery and now available at Photo of the Week Archive 

Here are some of her photographs in low resolution.

kk-lun-ecli1s.jpg  kk-lun-ecli2s.jpg 

kk-lun-ecli3s.jpg  kk-lun-ecli5s.jpg 

 The photo Kshiti likes is

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  She says ” … i loved the way der is a perfect black shadow !”

If you want hi-res soft copy of the above images please email Kshitija to 
  m31and_liril@yahoo.co.in     
  m31andliril@gmail.com

One Response to “Eclipse Digigraphy by Kshitija Kelkar”

  1. madhurp said

    September 11, 2006 at 2:01 pm

    many many congratulations to u..

    wonderful images!!!

    could u plz send me the hi res images of the moon u have taken on this id madhurpatel26884@gmail.com?

    Waiting in anticipation…

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