Clouds & Trails Last night clouds made way for stars to shine through over Gurugram. This is a one hour star trail image made using the Panasonic Lumix S5 camera. The camera is on loan from Panasonic, has an inbuilt facility to make startrails.

Heralding the arrival of Clear Blue Skies. The monsoon has receded around Delhi NCR. Moon, Venus, Antares and a few other stars of Scorpius and not a cloud in sight. The 14-inch telescope looking towards the view. Location - Heritage Village Resort, Manesar.

Gegenschein at Hanle Dark Sky Reserve From outside of the image to inside Monastery Prayer Wheel Mountains of Hanle Dark Sky Reserve Meteor and Air Glow in atmosphere, Gegenschein, Zodiacal Light, Jupiter & Mars in the Solar System Milky Way Andromeda & Triangulum Galaxies

*The Taj Solar Eclipse* The Partial Solar Eclipse of 22nd October 2022. The moment of maximum obscuration as seen from The City of The Taj Mahal. Looks like the celestial conjunction is trying to imitate the shape of the edifice, the dome of the Taj Mahal, Agra.

Hello Friends, Take a look at today's APOD. In the explanation text there are links for Amavasya, Diwali, Taj Mahal, and the next lunar eclipse that is coming soon. Today's APOD is here - apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221027.…

Double Arch in the Jalori Evening. One of our home in the universe - Milky Way, and another of the Solar System - Zodiacal Light.

Starry Greetings from the Statue of Unity, on the occasion of the 74th Indian Republic Day, 26th January 2023. Read more on this page (and another image) - ajaytalwar.com/statue-of-unit…

DANGEROUS, unethical & illegal. Regularly used method of lane closure. Green light on top of lane & tyres kept on the lane. Kherki Daula toll plaza. Please stop this method of lane closure. NHAI Nhai National Highways

*Ratnari, Himalaya Little Planet* I really love to make Little Planet Panoramas with star trails in the sky. This one is made at a hill side between Ratnari and Karena Peak, in December 2021.

Venus & Kritika star cluster, this evening shot from Palchan, Manali. What is not so prominent, and hardly noticed elsewhere too - the conjunction of Venus & Uranus. On magnifying the original image, Uranus can be seen just to the left of bright Venus.

Moon Halo, Mars & other stars, shot at Palchan, near Manali.

Attended the fantastic Hanle Dark Sky Reserve Star Party long with Neelam. Three days of several large telescopes and Bortle 1 dark skies. Our 16-inch Aperture Telescope, a Dobsonian performed beautifully, showed us many deep sky objects in great detail and brightness.

*Venus Rises at the Star Party* On the last night of the HDSR Star Party at about 3am, Neelam set out with her Camera and Tripod. She clicked several sequences at various locations, generally favouring the eastern direction.

HDSR Star Party - A confluence of HDSR Ambassadors of Hanle, Amateur Astronomers from all over the country and Bortle 1 Night Sky.

*Agastya at the HDSR Star Party* Agastya, or Canopus is the second brightest star in the sky. It is also know as the 'Rishi of the South'. The declination of Agastya is -51° 42', and from the latitude of Hanle (~33°) it appears just about ~5° above the southern horizon.

Partial Lunar Eclipse (Hasty HDR composite) partially eclipsed Moon, cloudy rainbow, Jupiter and its moons. Manesar, Gurgaon

Partial Lunar Eclipse of 28-29 October 2023 Only 6% of the Moon entered the umbra.

How does the Partial Lunar Eclipse appear to the naked eye?

Four BLINDING lights installed on NH48, Gurugram, northbound side. Facing towards drivers eyes. Cant see anything ahead, pedestrian, cyclists, two dividers, especially in smog. Accident waiting to happen!

These blinding lights on NH48 gurgaon shine directly into drivers eyes. Who is installing these lights and making the highway dangerous to drive on?