From August 22 to September 1, we are travelling to Namibia to experience staggering desert landscapes and even further staggering starry night skies, one of the best in the southern hemisphere.

This is an Observational Astronomy tour aimed especially for non-newcomers into astronomy, those who're already quite into it or even well-versed, individuals, college students, and professors – of Physics & Astronomy, and very well even from ANY other non-science departments – who want to extend their learning of the night sky from one of India's BEST night sky specialists, the visual observer with the richest experienced deep-sky observing insights and vocabulary on the soil of India.

While 4 days of the tour will be given for recreation and relaxation, the 5 nights of August 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 will be dedicated to learning advanced aspects of the night sky and visual + ccd deep sky observing, by constantly being on our feet under it and observing with 10x56 small binoculars, 100mm giant binoculars, 14" manual dobsonian telescope, 16" manual dobsonian telescope, and imaging with 11" go-to telescope, with basic, intermediate and advanced star charts/atlases, for our very advanced visual observing. On the last night, we are reserving a 17" automated telescope, the second largest aperture telescope in Africa, coupled with an advanced CCD camera, for our extremely advanced faint DSO imaging – all under one of the world's darkest southern night skies, with splendid deep-sky objects never visible from the northern hemisphere.

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This is a dedicated visual observing + ccd imaging night-sky workshop. Here the participants will get to not only involve in hands-on observing and learn how to maximize the potential of binoculars as well as big apertures into making some important celestial observations, but even how visual discoveries are made – and thereby identify how international experienced visual observers maximize even small or big instruments into making scientific discoveries, like of comets and supernovae. With big to large apertures, the participants will be able to actually observe + image the DSOs from lesser heard sky catalogues, the fainter targets of the NGC Catalogue and further extremely faint celestial objects. At the end of 5 nights, you'll have already stepped onto the next level of observational / practical astronomy – every genre of celestial objects in visual + imaging form will be covered. By the end of this programme, the participant will be able to converse the language of visual observing and deep sky objects at-par with top league amateur astronomers of USA, Europe, Australia, even Japan, etc.

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Join Astronomy Journeys to experience the indescribable Namibian night sky like how literally no one in India can show it to you – it is NOT a mere hobby or sky-gazing for us, we are VERY well-versed in speaking the language of the night sky and its 'deep sky objects' (DSOs) for the last 20 years full-time.

Itinerary For August 2022