With a staggering 160 registrations, this event aimed at giving details from the history of telescope to the telescopes empowered with cutting edge technology of today, including the first ever stellar photography session at the national level. Not only were the registrations that touched the 150+ mark, 153 of them showed up. The event took off exactly at 5pm with the BAS (Bangalore Astronomical Society) team headed by its vice-president Mr. Navin Nanjundappa. The BAS team showed their arsenal of telescopes ranging from small ones to big ones. The presentation carried out by Mr. Navin was so promising that everyone was glued to their seats with their eyes stuck on the screen. In between, there was a small question hour session and quiz to test the knowledge gained by the participants. Mr. Navin also taught as to how to take stellar pictures using digi-cams. He displayed an enthralling collection of pictures taken by him.
Following it was the observation session for which we assembled on the TT rooftop. Different objects were focused on and the curiosity to get a glimpse was quite evident on the face of the participants. A demonstration on taking a stellar photograph was also given. The BAS team was felicitated with mementos, given by the secretary of the conference, Mr. Snehal Deshpande. The response from the participants was overwhelming. The sheer reluctance to leave the arena was noticeable amidst the participants. The event was a huge success and all of them showed great enthusiasm in attending similar workshops in future.
The event ended up with everlasting footprints on the sands of time. You can read the Bangalore Astronomical Society's version of this event in this post. The event was the first SEDS celebration of the International Year of Astronomy 2009.
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