Astronomer at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune
Pune, India
Joined September 2018
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राष्ट्रीय विज्ञान दिन 2023
रविवार, २६ फेब्रुवारी २०२३ रोजी ,IUCAA सोबत हा विज्ञान दिन साजरा करा.
bit.ly/iucaansd2023
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As part of National Science Day celebrations @IUCAAstro, we talked to school teachers about "Reason for Seasons". We discussed the tilt of the Earth's axis with respect to it's orbit around the Sun, and addressed a number of misconceptions. Moupiya Maji, @astrosumo @astro4edu
A perfect night to wrap the #PlanetNine search on Subaru. No telescope trouble this time and the weather cooperated. Given that we lost quite a few of our previous runs to weather, it was not at all guaranteed.
Now begins the slog to process the data.
@plutokiller @kbatygin
Night 2 on Subaru: Rinse and repeat is always easier said than done. Thanks to the Subaru telescope engineering team for fixing problems. We lost a few hours, but we are on sky now. The sky looks excellent today too. @plutokiller @kbatygin
Wonderful night at Maunakea, a total of 221 exposures in the best of conditions (~0.6 arc second seeing).
Half a TB of data for the half night, downloading to @IUCAAstro server now. Will arrive at snail's pace!
Rinse and repeat for two more nights! @plutokiller @kbatygin
We are back for the #PlanetNine search again with the Subaru telescope. This time we target the galactic plane, hope to avoid the pesky stars or the volcanic dust in the Hawaiian skies, and finish this game of hide and seek with #PlanetNine. @plutokiller @kbatygin
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Join us for IUCAA National Level Online Teachers Training 2020 going on live on YouTube!
youtu.be/K475icjnqWs
Webinar Link:
Please also take a look at the playlist for a combined list of the videos that have been already streamed.
tinyurl.com/iucaa-recordings
#NotAnotherWebinar #LockdownActivities #AstronomyOnline @somakrc @IUCAApune
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COVID-19 hoaxes we are coming after you!
Hoaxbusters in multiple Indian languages available here: tinyurl.com/isrc-hoaxbust
Some sample Marathi hoaxbusters attached here.
@IndSciCOVID
@PrinSciAdvGoI I grew up in a very rural area. With low literacy rates, people feel very confused about the coronavirus. And the guidelines sent to the local administrators are being misinterpreted. E.g., shops are open only couple of hours, causing crowding. 1/n
Simple steps: keeping a bucket of water and soap outside homes is not being followed. Young people feel that they are invincible and that the threat of coronavirus is remote. Explaining the consequences of their actions in the local language is absolutely essential. 3/n
Domino playtime with Asmi: 1) learning how soap destroys the outer layer of #coronavirus, 2) how one infection can cause all of us to get sick.
It is less than a week since India hit 100 #CoronavirusPandemic cases. The number has tripled by now. This is just the beginning, however. We should all do our best to quickly bend this curve down. 1/n
Testing per capita is different in every country, so curves should be interpreted with caution. India started active crowd control in the last few days, expect to see effects abt 2 weeks later. Importantly as @WHO says the curves are always about 2 weeks behind reality. 3/3
