Amateur Astronomy - Pro-Am Collaboration

Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bangalore. In association with the Astronomical Society of India has organised "Amateur Astronomy: Pro-Am Collaboration" Workshop on 17th February 2009

This is a session of the 27th meeting of the Astronomical Society of India (http://www.iiap.res.in/asi2009/index.php).

This workshop aims at capturing the scope of amateur
astronomy in India and exploring the pro-am collaboration. It is urged that like-minded professional and
amateurs participate to make the program achieve fruitful results. The program has invited talks and
plenty of scope for discussion and interaction.

Title - Speakers as below.

Asteroid Occultation Programs, Amateur-Professional
- Prof. Vasundhara Raju

Amateur Radio Astronomy
- Dr. Joydeep Bagchi

Contribution of Amateurs Historical Perspectives
- Dr. B S Shylaja

Astrophotography
- Shri Ajay Talwar

Amateur programs with medium sized telescopes
- Shri R Nagaraj

Radio Meteor Observations and Meteorite Search
- Dr. Bharat Adur

Coordinated projects by Amateurs, so far..
- Dr. N Rathnasree

Meteor Observations and Analysis
- Dr. G Yellaiah

The attraction of the Night Sky
- Shri Y Ravi Kiron

Amateur and Virtual Observatories
- Shri L N Naveen

Demonstration lecture in Astronomy
- Shri Jayanth Ganguly

Future of Amateur Astronomy
- Dr. P N Shankar

For more details visit http://taralaya.org/announcements.htm

Coordinator ( from BAS ) : Naveen Nanjundappa.
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