Tag: Indian Institute of Astrophysics

NIT-Srinagar to open campus observatory with 14-inch telescope

September 21, 2026 admin

The National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Srinagar is set to become the first NIT in the country to have a dedicated campus-based observatory equipped with a 14-inch aplanatic Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, officials said on Monday (September 21, 2026). The telescope provides aberration-free, flat-field images for astrophotography and planetary observation, the officials said. The NIT-Srinagar Observatory…

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In a first, Indian Institute of Astrophysics astronomers spot ultraviolet emissions from novae in Andromeda galaxy

December 8, 2024 admin

Ultraviolet emissions from novae are a special class of transient astronomical event that causes the sudden appearance of a bright, apparently new star that slowly fades over weeks or months, during their outburst. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Astronomers from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) have spotted far ultra violet (FUV) emissions from novae…

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Astrophysicist Dipankar Banerjee takes charge as director of Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology

October 14, 2024 admin

Dipankar Banerjee | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Astrophysicist Dipankar Banerjee took charge as Director, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), on Monday. Professor Banerjee, a senior professor at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru, was serving as Director, Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital, prior to the current assignment. He has…

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Indian Scientists Find Dwarf Galaxy Radio Jet Interacting With Interstellar Gas

September 21, 2024 admin

The findings showed a unique radio structure resembling a bipolar jet. (Representational) New Delhi: In a first, scientists at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), have discovered interaction between a radio jet from a dwarf galaxy and interstellar gas causing shock waves. The team…

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IIA astronomers discover ‘vampire star’ which has been rejuvenating itself by sucking up material from a companion star

August 2, 2024 admin

Vampire stars, known as blue straggler stars (BSS), defy simple models of stellar evolution and show many characteristics of younger stars. Photo: PIB Team of astronomers from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) have made the discovery that a vampire star has been rejuvenating its youth by sucking up material from a companion in the…

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Indian Institute of Astrophysics releases video of moon occulting Antares

May 1, 2024 admin

While moving in its orbit roughly once a month, the moon will occasionally occult, or hide, bright stars that are behind, and sometimes, even planets. | Photo Credit: AP The Bengaluru-based Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) has filmed the passing of the moon in front of Antares, a bright red star. The moon passed in…

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‘Our world is built on basic science, and part of basic science is rationality’

March 27, 2024 admin

Not many people have the distinction of having a cosmic body named after them. Jayant Murthy, a senior professor at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bengaluru, is one of them. Murthy just had an asteroid named after him by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) to mark his contributions to astronomy. The asteroid 2005 EX296,…

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A star party in the mountains

October 25, 2023 admin

A long-exposure photograph of stars over the Hanle Dark Sky Reserve in Ladakh. | Photo Credit: Akash Anandh The temperatures were subzero and freezing. The conditions were unforgiving. We were elated and thrilled being outdoors all night. At 4,300 metres above sea level, we felt it could have been the Everest Base Camp. In reality,…

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