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Prof. B. C. Bhatt, Dorje Angchuk, and Man Singh Preamble Under the Himalayan Infrared Optical Telescope (HIROT) project, first team of IIA landed Leh in November 1994 and with initial acclimatization in high altitude and cold weather, this team arrived Hanle in December 1995. We pitched our setup in a mud-hut in the premises of…
Speeding and inflating Solar eruptions blame Lorentz force, but bothers us !!!
Satabdwa Majumdar “Ah! Mani da, great that I finally meet you here.”, exclaimed a briskly walking stranger on seeing Dr Manibhushan Mukhopadhyay (seldom called Mani da in his neighbourhood). As the stranger continued “I was planning to come to your house to discuss on the agenda of this year’s Durga puja, as we are..” Manibhushan…
Orion Nebula
“Orion Nebula is one of the most famous deep-sky objects, which most beginners in astrophotography target. Even I did the same. My first attempt with Orion Nebula was a single exposure of 30 s, ISO 3200, in December 2018. But the core area got overexposed. Since this was my first attempt on DSO imaging using…
My life at IIA
Vaibhav Pant I have always had a fascination towards science since my childhood. I used to study books and articles related to scientific theories and discoveries as a child. After finishing secondary school, I took up Mathematics and Biology since I did not want to miss out on any stream of science. I joined St….
The Mysterious Exoplanets
Suman Saha Just like the planets in our Solar system orbiting around the Sun, there are planets outside the Solar system orbiting around other stars. They are known as the Exoplanets (or Extra-solar planets). By definition, planets are much smaller than the stars and unlike the stars, they have no direct source of light but…