Royal planetary Parade – 29th April 2022

After a night that began with thunderstorms and lightning, rain and cloud-covered sky,the clouds eventually cleared just before dawn. There were around 100 participants including parents and students who came to witness the planet parade early morning on 29th April 2020 at around 4am. Under the guidance of teachers, the following students Sarika Satish, Vimi Dessai, Abigail Jaques, Tanishka [...] Read More

 

Mars Venus Moon Conjunctions

Mars Venus Moon Conjunctions - 12th & 13th July 2021 How close the planets appeared ? Mars and Venus were closest i.e 0.5 degrees apart (though they were quite far from each other) The MOON On 12 July 2021, the crescent Moon was close within four degrees to the two planets. When was the event? [...] Read More

 

Sky gazing during first week of March 2021

Sky gazing during first week of March 2021 Students of middle school during the first week of March  enjoyed a fun filled week with activities and sky gazing at twilight . They study the Sun at noon. A documentary was screened at the Auditorium on "Mangalyaan, a mission to Mars". The planet under observation for the week was Mars. Students [...] Read More

 

Jupiter and Saturn’s great Conjunction

Jupiter and Saturn’s great conjunction was seen by us on December 21, 2020. Around 250 people witness Jupiter and Saturn closest encounter – only 0.1 degrees apart – on the day of the solstice, December 21, 2020 in the Manovikas school campus. The December 21, 2020 great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn was highly conspicuous [...] Read More

 

It’s All About Mars in October

It’s All About Mars in October The month of October brings an amazing night-sky view of the Red Planet.  During this time, Mars is the third brightest object in Earth’s night. The Moon and Venus are the two brightest objects, and usually Jupiter is third. But for this season, Mars is passing close enough to Earth [...] Read More

 

Full Moon for Halloween

Full Moon for Halloween. The full Moon  rises in the east  after sunset, depending on your location. This is the second full Moon in October in many of the world's time zones, making it a "blue moon". The bright orange dot shining well off to its upper right is Mars. Read More

 

Enjoy nature during lockdown, week’s planet roundup

Enjoy nature during lockdown, week's planet roundup Mercury is out of sight in conjunction with the Sun. Venus is the dazzling white "Evening Star" in the west during and after dusk. Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn shine in the southeast before and during early dawn. Read More