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		<title>Recent programs:</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 10:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have moved! Please visit us at our new website                 http://www.skywatchersindia.com Recent programs: SWAN remained an integral part of the academics of the nature Study camp organized by a lolcal NGO at Indo-Bhutan Border on thew 28th December. The night long program was an elaborate one to give the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=skywatchersindia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11030784&amp;post=215&amp;subd=skywatchersindia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Micro meteorite hunting.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2010 12:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though it is easy and interesting, we never tried it out seriously. A junior member insisted to go for it and volunteered to do the field job.  Getting into sandy bed, carrying magnets, searching for iron dusts in the sands, segregating the dust from common dust, cleaning those up, and then putting them under Microscope. Out of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=skywatchersindia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11030784&amp;post=205&amp;subd=skywatchersindia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Initiative on &#8220;International Observe the Moon Night(InOMN)&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 06:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PRESS RELEASE Sir, We, on behalf of SWAN, have decided to take part in a global initiative on International Observe the Moon Night(InOMN) (18th of September, 2010, Saturday). Shoulder to shoulder with international organizations like The NASA Lunar Science Institute, Lunar and Planetary Institute or Astronomers Without Borders, in the initiative, we at SWAN, want [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=skywatchersindia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11030784&amp;post=165&amp;subd=skywatchersindia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Navoneel-2010, under aproval from CIAA</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 04:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ll expect all of you at Ramkinkar Hall, Dinabandhu Mancha (Tathyakendra), Siliguri, Dist &#8211; Darjeeling on the most awaiting exhibition cum sky show &#8211; &#8220;NAVONEEL 2010&#8243;. This exhibition has been approved from The Confederation of Indian Amateur Astronomers (CIAA). For your convennience &#8211; please find below the timings &#38; bus/auto route - Date &#38; Time [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=skywatchersindia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11030784&amp;post=160&amp;subd=skywatchersindia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>“NAVONEEL- The Sky Show”</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 09:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SWAN is going to organize a 360 Degree Astronomy Exhibition, “Navoneel- the Sky Show” on the 23rd May 2010 at Ramkinkar Hall, Siliguri. We invite you all to enjoy the Exhibition and take part in its interactive sessions. Beside, a large Sky Photo exhibit of over 50 frames, there will be Slide Shows, Video Shows [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=skywatchersindia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11030784&amp;post=156&amp;subd=skywatchersindia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sky Observation Session : 20 Feb 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We will have a sky observation session on the Saturday evening &#8211; 20 Feb 2010. Equipment: Orion 120 Skystar Telescope and Meade 10 X 50 stand mounted Binocular. Location: Deshbandhu Para, Siliguri, Dist &#8211; Darjeeling, WB  Lat =26.6962719 N, Lon=88.4307629 E Visit location map Session begins: Immediately after sundown. Who can attend: Anyone interested amongst our [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=skywatchersindia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11030784&amp;post=141&amp;subd=skywatchersindia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Iridium41 Flare : 10th Feb 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iridium41 Flare Location : Kiran Chandra Tea Garden, Near Bagdogra, Siliguri, Dist &#8211; Darjeeling Location details : Lat=26.6917524 N &#124; Lon=88.2423592 E &#124; Click for location Map SWAN Team had a nice IR Flare today. Our new member Mr. Durjoy Ghosh  was with us. Debasis and Avik were shooting, this time in Stills as well as High [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=skywatchersindia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11030784&amp;post=129&amp;subd=skywatchersindia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>1st Set of ASE 2010 Image</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Composite image generated by Debasis Sarkar of SWAN -  The telescope used was an Orion 120mm refractor fitted with Nikon D50 on motorized EQ5. Controlled via the Nikon Capture Control V.4 installed on a Dell Inspiron 6000. (Download the huge version 2.7mb) The SWAN group of 13 observed the ASE from Rameswaram, India. The location [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=skywatchersindia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11030784&amp;post=110&amp;subd=skywatchersindia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Annular Solar Eclipse 2010 :: Press Note</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 05:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, January 15th, 2010, India gets the “Ring of Fire” or an Annular Solar Eclipse, one of the best shows of nature. The first one after 1980 and again not before 2019, India is going to witness this exceptionally long duration ASE from a narrow patch. But which is more important- Indian continent gets [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=skywatchersindia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11030784&amp;post=106&amp;subd=skywatchersindia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ASE 2010 Timings</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please find the timings of ASE 2010 at the link below. ASE 2010 Timings<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=skywatchersindia.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11030784&amp;post=102&amp;subd=skywatchersindia&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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