Venue: JWSS Astro Camp, Kavalur. Coordinates: 12.6267° N, 78.7505° E Date: The night of 17 Jan 2026 6:00PM to 7:00PM: Telescope Setup and Astronomy interaction : Suresh gave an overview of the star party followed by a Q&A on astronomy. 7:15PM: Saturn: We started the observation with Saturn. Rings were still fully edge on. One of the moons were visible along the plane of the rings close to the rings. Most likely Rhea. 7:54PM Cassiopeia and Andromeda Galaxy: First DSO target was the Andromeda...

Start Party (a.k.a. Stargazing session) is an event conducted by amateur astronomers to spend a night under a star-filled night sky and do observation of celestial entities through naked eye or through telescopes/binoculars. It is normally conducted on a new Moon day when the sky is the darkest without the moonlight. Typically, winter is the best time for stargazing, as the atmosphere will have the least convection currents, making the sky that much clear. What to observe on a typical star...

Venue: Gogo Camping, Kavalur, TN ( 12.5780° N, 78.8130° E ) Date: The night of 26 April 2025 A group of us consisting of 17 adults and 11...