Astronomy Delight Series
S.K.Y FoundationAstronomy Delight Series : April 2020
Sky has been the friend of humankind since antiquity. The Night sky and its phenomenon in particular have been the focal attraction point for human race since pre-historic times. Life on other planets has also had a charm in the human fantasies and science enthusiasts as well.Adding to it, meteors, sometimes called shooting stars often presenta special view in night skies though a events of meteor showers, in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate, or originate, from one point in the night sky. The month of April is also a spectator to such a spectacle in the form of “Lyrid Meteor Showers”.
Scientific Knowledge for Youth (S.K.Y.) Foundation and Ignited Minds VIPNET Club(VP-UP-0103) in collaboration with EduSTEM Initiative, SKY Amateur Astronomers VIPNET Club (VP-UP-0149) and Women Led Science VIPNET Club (VP-UP-0165) now welcomes participants across the globe join this event, a shared digital resource initiative to stir the minds of the people across the globe through a Google Hangouts Meet.
The Countdown events are:
1. “NASA’s Search For Life On Mars” by Anavi Uppal, former NASA Intern
2. “Astonishing Meteors” by Amritanshu Vajpayee, Coordinator Ignited Minds VIPNET Club & Member Investigator AGCA Mumbai,
3. “Enjoying Stars, Planets and Meteor Shower with ISS In Moonless Nights of April 2020” by Sumit Kumar Shrivastav, Scientific Officer, Indira Gandhi Planetarium, Lucknow.
Itis done to collaborate with individuals together spanning the domainsof a variety of fields to mark the event.
Timingof the online session is 07:40pm-09:15pm.
Jointhe event using the link: https://meet.google.com/xhr-mzio-fda
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