A hot cup of tea in one hand and a bowl of noodles within the other with a breathtaking view of 1000's of meteors and stars proper above your head. It might seem like a dream however a bunch within the city has made it a reality. They experience this scene each and every month.
Led by Obuli Chandran, this staff of a dozen star-gazers packs their luggage and units off to a far flung location away from town the place there's less pollution and more visibility to gaze at the stars. Apart from snacks, they take with them, their astronomical equipment such as telescopes. Obuli Chandran used to be into advertising and marketing however the love of astronomy were given the simpler of him.
"I left my job in 2013 and returned to the city to teach children and became a science educator," mentioned Obuli. He began his company - Mango Education - and began taking youngsters on such trips for star-gazing. When their parents and other like-minded people also showed interest in becoming a member of it, the gang began informally taking such trips in combination. And now, this is a unit that never misses primary meteor showers.
"We choose days when there are meteor showers, full moon and eclipses as we learn about them," mentioned Obuli, explaining that the gang used to be formed organically by like-minded people who find themselves from quite a lot of professions. Talking about her experience after witnessing 134 taking pictures stars in one night, N A Sujatha, a member of the gang, mentioned, "Watching thousands of twinkling stars spread across the canvas of the beautiful sky is a sight to behold. When we lie down and wait for the spectacular display, it is a scene that cannot be described in words. It has to be experienced."
Apart from staring at at the stars, the gang holds a lot of discussions on the science at the back of such meteor showers, the facets of eclipses, the myths and facts of such phenomenon. "Some of our topics include constellations also. We learn a lot of things such as shooting stars are not just white in colour but some are green as well," mentioned Obuli.
Manoj Rajkumar, any other member of the gang, mentioned that they had travelled to Anaikatti and other locations even earlier than. "But we did not even know that we could watch such spectacular scenes and see meteor showers. One of the major setbacks for star gazing is weather. Sometimes, when it is cloudy or raining, we cannot witness the meteor showers," mentioned Manoj.
Director of irobochakra Arun Rajeev, who may be a part of the gang, mentioned, "I was not aware of star-gazing at all until my wife took me to one such night-out. It was a small group and that particular day there was a meteor shower. It was very interesting. I did not even know that we could see planets and all. Obuli showed us Saturn, Mars, Venus and many other planets. Seeing that, I realized that in this universe, we are so small and earth itself is just a dot," he mentioned. The staff has noticed orionid meteor bathe, perseids meteor bathe, quite a lot of eclipses and feature also star gazed on complete moon day. Sujatha mentioned that after they gaze at the stars, they disregard the previous, present and future.
Apart from this staff there may be Coimbatore astronomy club formed in Perks Matriculation Higher secondary school who've newest equipment and make allowance public to witness eclipses at their campus.
Led by Obuli Chandran, this staff of a dozen star-gazers packs their luggage and units off to a far flung location away from town the place there's less pollution and more visibility to gaze at the stars. Apart from snacks, they take with them, their astronomical equipment such as telescopes. Obuli Chandran used to be into advertising and marketing however the love of astronomy were given the simpler of him.
"I left my job in 2013 and returned to the city to teach children and became a science educator," mentioned Obuli. He began his company - Mango Education - and began taking youngsters on such trips for star-gazing. When their parents and other like-minded people also showed interest in becoming a member of it, the gang began informally taking such trips in combination. And now, this is a unit that never misses primary meteor showers.
"We choose days when there are meteor showers, full moon and eclipses as we learn about them," mentioned Obuli, explaining that the gang used to be formed organically by like-minded people who find themselves from quite a lot of professions. Talking about her experience after witnessing 134 taking pictures stars in one night, N A Sujatha, a member of the gang, mentioned, "Watching thousands of twinkling stars spread across the canvas of the beautiful sky is a sight to behold. When we lie down and wait for the spectacular display, it is a scene that cannot be described in words. It has to be experienced."
Apart from staring at at the stars, the gang holds a lot of discussions on the science at the back of such meteor showers, the facets of eclipses, the myths and facts of such phenomenon. "Some of our topics include constellations also. We learn a lot of things such as shooting stars are not just white in colour but some are green as well," mentioned Obuli.
Manoj Rajkumar, any other member of the gang, mentioned that they had travelled to Anaikatti and other locations even earlier than. "But we did not even know that we could watch such spectacular scenes and see meteor showers. One of the major setbacks for star gazing is weather. Sometimes, when it is cloudy or raining, we cannot witness the meteor showers," mentioned Manoj.
Director of irobochakra Arun Rajeev, who may be a part of the gang, mentioned, "I was not aware of star-gazing at all until my wife took me to one such night-out. It was a small group and that particular day there was a meteor shower. It was very interesting. I did not even know that we could see planets and all. Obuli showed us Saturn, Mars, Venus and many other planets. Seeing that, I realized that in this universe, we are so small and earth itself is just a dot," he mentioned. The staff has noticed orionid meteor bathe, perseids meteor bathe, quite a lot of eclipses and feature also star gazed on complete moon day. Sujatha mentioned that after they gaze at the stars, they disregard the previous, present and future.
Apart from this staff there may be Coimbatore astronomy club formed in Perks Matriculation Higher secondary school who've newest equipment and make allowance public to witness eclipses at their campus.
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Reviewed by Kailash
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December 23, 2017
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