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Member Reports from Milan Patel

Apr 27

Conjunction of the Moon and Venus (April, 2020)

I participated in the global event called 'Beauty without borders - Global balcony photography of the Moon & Venus' and captured some of the moments of this celestial dance show of two planetary objects in the night sky. Read More...

Apr 27

Globe at Night (April, 2020)

I have participated and do contribution for measuring the light pollution in my local area which will be very useful for measuring the light pollution level and compare with overall the globe. Read More...

Oct 27
2015

Zero Shadow Day Event 2015

The event named Zero Shadow Day was organized at Vadodara on 3rd June, 2015. The definition of noon in some text books is given as when the sun is overhead. Which actually is not the case of every day observation? The long shadows of objects at sunrise start becoming smaller and smaller as the day progress until the shadow is smallest. At this point the shadow is exactly aligned north - South. For those between the latitudes 23.5 deg. south (the tropic of Capricorn) and 23.5 deg. north (the tropic of Cancer) can experience the sun right overhead at Zenith... Read More...

Oct 27
2015

Celestial Dance Part-3

Once again the conjunction is happened between three planets named Venus, Mars and Jupiter in end of the October. I have captured this event in my camera in early morning of 26th of October at 5:30 AM. Mars had very low magnitude so I caught only Venus and Jupiter. Once again the experience is fantastic. It is really pleasure to see such type of celestial dance of these cosmic bodies in to the space. Read More...

Oct 27
2015

Celestial Dance Part-1

The beautiful conjunction occurred in the month of June, 2015 between two planets named Jupiter and Venus. These two planets are normally very popular for the event named Celestial dance. I have captured that moment in late evening after 8 O'clock. Read More...

Oct 27
2015

Celestial Dance Part-2

In the month of October, there was a great conjunction occurred between the Moon- a natural satellite of Earth and four planets of our solar system named Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter. I have also captured a photo of that conjunction in early morning. In this photo, we can clearly see the conjunction between the planet Venus and Moon. Amazing Experience! Read More...

Apr 12
2015

Globe at Night April, 2015

  I have taken readings for "Globe at night April, 2015 campaign". That day the sky was clear, but I lived in a urban area so, too much pollution was present there. The technical data which I've taken is given below. date: 2015/04/10 time: 20:30 latitude: 22.320042299999997 longitude: 73.1959084 elevation: 38.72982788085938 country: India location comments: Urban area, too much pollution ! magnitude: 3 cloud cover: clear constellation: Leo sky comments: Clear Read More...