Jyotirvidya Parisanstha (JVP) ज्योतिर्विद्या परिसंस्था
JVP's Lonar Study Tour 2024 Based on the great response and multiple requests from people we have reopened the bookings for Lonar Tour with limited seats, register soon to book your spot! Fees incl. of dinner on Day 1 (non-refundable): Dormitory Room: ₹4800/…
Last 5 Seats remaining for the Lonar Tour, book your spot soon!
*JVP's Last Overnight Public Star Party of the year is here!✨🔭*
When: 28th Dec evening to 29th Dec morning.
Where: Manali Agro Farm, Naigaon, Near Degaon, Nasrapur
Fees (incl. dinner, evening snacks, and 3 teas):
₹850/- p.p. for non-members
₹750/- p.p. for members
Transport (optional): ₹425/- EXTRA
For more details and booking, please visit: https://jvppune.in/home/star-party/
Attractions: Moon, Saturn, Jupiter, Venus and Mars.
Also includes: Satellite passes, Telescopic viewing of galaxies, nebulae and star clusters Detailed information on Raashis, Nakshatras, Constellations, and their mythological stories. Additionally, the use of Astrographs to show live, integrated images of nebulae and galaxies.
When: 28th Dec evening to 29th Dec morning.
Where: Manali Agro Farm, Naigaon, Near Degaon, Nasrapur
Fees (incl. dinner, evening snacks, and 3 teas):
₹850/- p.p. for non-members
₹750/- p.p. for members
Transport (optional): ₹425/- EXTRA
For more details and booking, please visit: https://jvppune.in/home/star-party/
Attractions: Moon, Saturn, Jupiter, Venus and Mars.
Also includes: Satellite passes, Telescopic viewing of galaxies, nebulae and star clusters Detailed information on Raashis, Nakshatras, Constellations, and their mythological stories. Additionally, the use of Astrographs to show live, integrated images of nebulae and galaxies.
💥 *Chandra Public Lecture* 💥
Title: *How did the Universe come to look the way it does?*
Date: *09 January, 2025*
Time: *06:30 pm*
Venue: *Chandrasekhar Auditorium, IUCAA*
Speaker: *Dr. Arif Babul, University of Victoria*
Dr. Arif Babul is a Distinguished Professor at the University of Victoria in Canada. He received his PhD from Princeton University in 1989. He is a recipient of several prestigious awards for his significant contributions to the study of cosmic structure, including galaxy formation. Most notably, he held a NATO Science Fellowship at the University of Cambridge and was elected U.S. National Academy of Science Kavli Fellow. He was recently elected Fellow of the American Physical Society, and he currently holds both the prestigious Infosys Visiting Chair Professorship at the Indian Institute for Science and a Leverhulme Visiting Professorship at the University of Edinburgh.
*In-person entry for the lecture will be on a first come first serve basis. Please arrive early.*
*See you soon*
Title: *How did the Universe come to look the way it does?*
Date: *09 January, 2025*
Time: *06:30 pm*
Venue: *Chandrasekhar Auditorium, IUCAA*
Speaker: *Dr. Arif Babul, University of Victoria*
Dr. Arif Babul is a Distinguished Professor at the University of Victoria in Canada. He received his PhD from Princeton University in 1989. He is a recipient of several prestigious awards for his significant contributions to the study of cosmic structure, including galaxy formation. Most notably, he held a NATO Science Fellowship at the University of Cambridge and was elected U.S. National Academy of Science Kavli Fellow. He was recently elected Fellow of the American Physical Society, and he currently holds both the prestigious Infosys Visiting Chair Professorship at the Indian Institute for Science and a Leverhulme Visiting Professorship at the University of Edinburgh.
*In-person entry for the lecture will be on a first come first serve basis. Please arrive early.*
*See you soon*
*JVP's First Overnight Public Star Party of the year is here!✨🔭*
When: Saturday, 25th Jan evening to 26th Jan morning
Where: Manali Agro Farm, Naigaon, Near Degaon, Nasrapur
Fees (incl. dinner, evening snacks, and 3 teas):
₹850/- p.p. for non-members
₹750/- p.p. for members
Transport (optional): ₹425/- EXTRA
For more details and booking, please visit: https://jvppune.in/home/star-party/
Venue Map Link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/wxrFcwdBXZtgGZHK9
(Take a left at Yogiraj Rasvanti Gruh; DO NOT take the route via Navsahyadri College)
For own transport, Direct reporting time to site: 6:00 pm
For the JVP bus, Reporting time: 4:00 pm -> pick-up & drop-off point is Shalimar Furniture, near Laxminarayan Theatre, Swargate.
Pick-up location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/sbLP75WCGaBduoFi6
Attractions: Moon, Saturn, Jupiter, Venus and Mars.
Also includes: Satellite passes, Telescopic viewing of galaxies, nebulae and star clusters Detailed information on Raashis, Nakshatras, Constellations, and their mythological stories. Additionally, the use of Astrographs to show live, integrated images of nebulae and galaxies.
When: Saturday, 25th Jan evening to 26th Jan morning
Where: Manali Agro Farm, Naigaon, Near Degaon, Nasrapur
Fees (incl. dinner, evening snacks, and 3 teas):
₹850/- p.p. for non-members
₹750/- p.p. for members
Transport (optional): ₹425/- EXTRA
For more details and booking, please visit: https://jvppune.in/home/star-party/
Venue Map Link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/wxrFcwdBXZtgGZHK9
(Take a left at Yogiraj Rasvanti Gruh; DO NOT take the route via Navsahyadri College)
For own transport, Direct reporting time to site: 6:00 pm
For the JVP bus, Reporting time: 4:00 pm -> pick-up & drop-off point is Shalimar Furniture, near Laxminarayan Theatre, Swargate.
Pick-up location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/sbLP75WCGaBduoFi6
Attractions: Moon, Saturn, Jupiter, Venus and Mars.
Also includes: Satellite passes, Telescopic viewing of galaxies, nebulae and star clusters Detailed information on Raashis, Nakshatras, Constellations, and their mythological stories. Additionally, the use of Astrographs to show live, integrated images of nebulae and galaxies.
Join us for a spectacular celestial event as planets align in a breathtaking display! Witness the rare sight of Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn forming a stunning line across the night sky.
Reserve your spot by scanning the QR code or
visiting the JVP website. Free, open to all, registration mandatory:
https://bit.ly/jvpplanetwatch
Venue -
Kesariwada Jyotirvidya Observatory,
5th Floor, A Wing, Lokmanya Tilak Bhavan,
Kesariwada, Narayan Peth, Pune. https://maps.app.goo.gl/dTsT7PMEpKTWecii9
Date and Time -
Monday - Friday- 27-31 Jan, 2025
evening 6:30-8:30 pm IST.
Reserve your spot by scanning the QR code or
visiting the JVP website. Free, open to all, registration mandatory:
https://bit.ly/jvpplanetwatch
Venue -
Kesariwada Jyotirvidya Observatory,
5th Floor, A Wing, Lokmanya Tilak Bhavan,
Kesariwada, Narayan Peth, Pune. https://maps.app.goo.gl/dTsT7PMEpKTWecii9
Date and Time -
Monday - Friday- 27-31 Jan, 2025
evening 6:30-8:30 pm IST.
The application deadline for #NCRA-TIFR's Visiting Students' Research Programme (#VSRP-2025) is nearing! Submit your applications by February 17, 2025.
For more details and the online application form, pls. visit: tinyurl.com/VSRP2025
For more details and the online application form, pls. visit: tinyurl.com/VSRP2025
GBM notice - February 2025.pdf
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GBM notice - February 2025.pdf
*Notice for General Body Meeting*
The General Body Meeting of Jyotirvidya Parisanstha will be held on Sunday, 16 February 2025 to transact following business,
• Reading and accepting the minutes of previous General Body Meeting
• Presenting the rough financial statement for FY 2024-25
• Presenting and approval of budget for the FY 2025-26
• Appointment of CA for the AY 2025-26
• With the permission of the chairman, any other business not on the agenda
Venue: Jyotirvidya Parisanstha’s Observatory, New Kesariwada building, N.C. Kelkar road, Pune
For our outstation members, we are also having option of virtual meeting on Zoom:
Meeting ID: 851 8440 7874
Passcode: 1944
Date: Sunday, 16 February 2025
Time: 6:30 pm (In case of in-sufficient quorum at the scheduled time, members present will proceed with the agenda as in an adjourned meeting after half an hour i.e. at 7.00 pm at same venue).
Please be present for the General Body Meeting and let us also know any suggestions you have regarding the programs arranged by the Parisanstha.
Dr. Sagar Gokhale
Hon. Secretary, Jyotirvidya Parisanstha, Pune
The General Body Meeting of Jyotirvidya Parisanstha will be held on Sunday, 16 February 2025 to transact following business,
• Reading and accepting the minutes of previous General Body Meeting
• Presenting the rough financial statement for FY 2024-25
• Presenting and approval of budget for the FY 2025-26
• Appointment of CA for the AY 2025-26
• With the permission of the chairman, any other business not on the agenda
Venue: Jyotirvidya Parisanstha’s Observatory, New Kesariwada building, N.C. Kelkar road, Pune
For our outstation members, we are also having option of virtual meeting on Zoom:
Meeting ID: 851 8440 7874
Passcode: 1944
Date: Sunday, 16 February 2025
Time: 6:30 pm (In case of in-sufficient quorum at the scheduled time, members present will proceed with the agenda as in an adjourned meeting after half an hour i.e. at 7.00 pm at same venue).
Please be present for the General Body Meeting and let us also know any suggestions you have regarding the programs arranged by the Parisanstha.
Dr. Sagar Gokhale
Hon. Secretary, Jyotirvidya Parisanstha, Pune
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💥 Chandra Public Lecture 💥
Title: Striking Gold with Gravitational Waves
Date: 24 February, 2025
Time: 06:30 pm
Venue: Amphitheatre, Fergusson College
Speaker: Dr. Michitoshi Yoshida, Vice-Director, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
📌 Venue
https://maps.app.goo.gl/bTVGbEGjyL7Ne1fu5
Title: Striking Gold with Gravitational Waves
Date: 24 February, 2025
Time: 06:30 pm
Venue: Amphitheatre, Fergusson College
Speaker: Dr. Michitoshi Yoshida, Vice-Director, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
📌 Venue
https://maps.app.goo.gl/bTVGbEGjyL7Ne1fu5
JVP's Overnight Public Star Party is here!✨🔭
Attractions:
Jupiter, Venus and Mars.
Also includes: Satellite passes, Telescopic viewing of galaxies, nebulae and star clusters Detailed information on Raashis, Nakshatras, Constellations, and their mythological stories. Additionally, the use of Astrographs to show live, integrated images of nebulae and galaxies
When??
Saturday, 1st March evening to 2nd March morning.
Where: Manali Agro Farm, Naigaon, Near Degaon, Nasrapur
Fees (incl. dinner, evening snacks, and 3 teas):
₹850/- p.p. for non-members
₹750/- p.p. for members
Transport (optional): ₹425/- EXTRA
For more details and booking, please visit: https://jvppune.in/home/star-party/
Venue Map Link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/wxrFcwdBXZtgGZHK9
(Take a left at Yogiraj Rasvanti Gruh; DO NOT take the route via Navsahyadri College)
For own transport, Direct reporting time to site: 6:00 pm
For the JVP bus, Reporting time: 4:00 pm -> pick-up & drop-off point is Shalimar Furniture, near Laxminarayan Theatre, Swargate.
Pick-up location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/sbLP75WCGaBduoFi6
Attractions:
Jupiter, Venus and Mars.
Also includes: Satellite passes, Telescopic viewing of galaxies, nebulae and star clusters Detailed information on Raashis, Nakshatras, Constellations, and their mythological stories. Additionally, the use of Astrographs to show live, integrated images of nebulae and galaxies
When??
Saturday, 1st March evening to 2nd March morning.
Where: Manali Agro Farm, Naigaon, Near Degaon, Nasrapur
Fees (incl. dinner, evening snacks, and 3 teas):
₹850/- p.p. for non-members
₹750/- p.p. for members
Transport (optional): ₹425/- EXTRA
For more details and booking, please visit: https://jvppune.in/home/star-party/
Venue Map Link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/wxrFcwdBXZtgGZHK9
(Take a left at Yogiraj Rasvanti Gruh; DO NOT take the route via Navsahyadri College)
For own transport, Direct reporting time to site: 6:00 pm
For the JVP bus, Reporting time: 4:00 pm -> pick-up & drop-off point is Shalimar Furniture, near Laxminarayan Theatre, Swargate.
Pick-up location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/sbLP75WCGaBduoFi6
Forwarded from IUCAA SciPOP
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Welcome to NSD25 @ IUCAA
We welcome everyone to be a part of the largest celebration of Science in India. Spend the day at IUCAA and get updated about the latest research & facilities. Enjoy the various edutainment events and a sky-watch too.
More details at https://scipop.iucaa.in/nsd2025/
More details at https://scipop.iucaa.in/nsd2025/
Jyotirvidya Parisanstha(JVP) has arranged a study tour to “Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) at Khodad and “IUCAA Girawali Observatory” (IGO) on Friday, 18th April 2025.
For more info contact Amit on: 8308331441
For Registration and more details visit: https://jvppune.in/gmrt-igo-study-tour/
For more info contact Amit on: 8308331441
For Registration and more details visit: https://jvppune.in/gmrt-igo-study-tour/
Jyotirvidya Parisanstha (JVP) has arranged an Astrophotography workshop from 25th-27th April, 2025.
Topics covered in the preparatory and field sessions:
- Star-trail, Milky Way, Time lapse, Widefield photography.
- Planetary, Solar as well as Deep Sky Photography
- On field imaging techniques and post processing
- Mobile Photography
- Lunar Imaging
For registration and more details visit:
https://jvppune.in/apcourse
Topics covered in the preparatory and field sessions:
- Star-trail, Milky Way, Time lapse, Widefield photography.
- Planetary, Solar as well as Deep Sky Photography
- On field imaging techniques and post processing
- Mobile Photography
- Lunar Imaging
For registration and more details visit:
https://jvppune.in/apcourse
Jyotirvidya Parisanstha (JVP) has arranged a Basic Course in Practical Astronomy from 1st-31st May, 2025.
It will cover many introductory topics in Astronomy Astrophysics and Space Science.
For registration and more details visit:
https://jvppune.in/home/bcpa
It will cover many introductory topics in Astronomy Astrophysics and Space Science.
For registration and more details visit:
https://jvppune.in/home/bcpa
*✨JVP's Overnight Public Star Party is here!🔭*
When: 26th Apr evening to 27th Apr 2025 morning.
Where: Manali Agro Farm, Naigaon, Near Degaon, Nasrapur
Fees (incl. dinner, evening snacks, and 3 teas):
₹850/- p.p. for non-members
₹750/- p.p. for members
Transport (optional): ₹425/- EXTRA
*For more details and booking, please visit(Limited seats, booking opens 21 April 8 am onwards) : https://jvppune.in/home/star-party/*
Attractions: Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Venus Satellite passes, Telescopic viewing of galaxies, nebulae and star clusters
Detailed information on Rashis, Nakshatras, Constellations, and their mythological stories. Additionally, the use of Astrographs to show live, integrated images of nebulae and galaxies.
When: 26th Apr evening to 27th Apr 2025 morning.
Where: Manali Agro Farm, Naigaon, Near Degaon, Nasrapur
Fees (incl. dinner, evening snacks, and 3 teas):
₹850/- p.p. for non-members
₹750/- p.p. for members
Transport (optional): ₹425/- EXTRA
*For more details and booking, please visit(Limited seats, booking opens 21 April 8 am onwards) : https://jvppune.in/home/star-party/*
Attractions: Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Venus Satellite passes, Telescopic viewing of galaxies, nebulae and star clusters
Detailed information on Rashis, Nakshatras, Constellations, and their mythological stories. Additionally, the use of Astrographs to show live, integrated images of nebulae and galaxies.
*Jyotirvidya Parisanstha presents a one day study tour to Alibaug Magnetic Observatory and Nehru Planetarium, Mumbai on Friday, 16-May-2025.*
*Last Date to register: 12 September 2024. Limited Seats, register Soon!*
More details and registration visit:
https://jvppune.in/abg-np-studytour/
Fees: Rs.2100/- for JVP Members & Rs.2300/- for Non-Members.
(Fees include Travel from Pune-Alibaug-Mumbai-Pune, Veg Food(Breakfast, Lunch, Snacks and Tea) and charges for planetarium show.)
Attractions:
- Visit to India's oldest Geomagnetic Observatory in Alibaug
- Travel by Ferry from Alibaug(Mandwa) to Mumbai
- Planetarium Show at Nehru Planetarium Mumbai
*Last Date to register: 12 September 2024. Limited Seats, register Soon!*
More details and registration visit:
https://jvppune.in/abg-np-studytour/
Fees: Rs.2100/- for JVP Members & Rs.2300/- for Non-Members.
(Fees include Travel from Pune-Alibaug-Mumbai-Pune, Veg Food(Breakfast, Lunch, Snacks and Tea) and charges for planetarium show.)
Attractions:
- Visit to India's oldest Geomagnetic Observatory in Alibaug
- Travel by Ferry from Alibaug(Mandwa) to Mumbai
- Planetarium Show at Nehru Planetarium Mumbai