BNS TEAM

This section is meant for BNS team only. This section contains all the information about Beyond Night Sky .If  you contact anyone who is willing to help us in anyway or willing to get help from us then please fill up the update form provided at the end . Further brochure is being provided here so that you can send it to peoples who are willing to guide us or to clubs who are willing to support us.
About us

Beyond Night Sky is a group of people who are passionate towards astronomy. We have observed that in India students give up their dream of becoming an astronaut or astronomer just because of lack of awareness and social limitations. We are thus trying to connect those aspiring people to the astronomy clubs for acquiring knowledge and exploring new ideas.

Our Mission

  • To create awareness in society regarding astronomy.
  • To make every Indian student aware of basics of astronomy and space technology.
  • Creating platform for amateur astronomers and space technology enthusiast to carry out their research works.

Our agenda

  • To introduce astronomy at schools, orphanages and societies especially in rural areas by means of outreach programs and seminars.
  • Helping colleges and schools to have astronomy club of their own.
  • Organizing winter and summer schools on astronomy subjects.
  • To do research works in fields of astronomy and space technology with the help of scientists and professors of renowned institutes. 

Achievements

  •  Got listed in international astronomical union (IAU) clubs portal.
  • Successfully build a website: beyondnightsky.weebly.com which is having ‘Knowledge Section’ which can be used by students understand basics of astronomy.
  • Have developed whole setup to conduct online test in general astronomy.
  • Got support from many astronomy clubs around India.

RECENT DEVELOPMENT

  • Successfully conducted our first outreach in jnv, surangi,odisha on 24th of November
  • BNS got permission to do its program from Narvodaya ,Surangi,Orissa on the month of November.
  • Coordinating with Chennai Astronomy Club to get solar goggles which can be used to do outreach program in solar astronomy .( idea by Jagdish)
  • Will be meeting principle of one of the school of Orissa so that we can do outreach program in their school this month.
  • Dhruva Skywatchers' Association from Nagpur have agreed to support us .
  • Will be meeting NIST Astronomy Club, Berhampur and Big Dipper club, Bhubaneshwar to get support for us.

EQUIPMENTS

Celestron Powerseeker 70 az

Celestron Powrseeker 127 eq

Brochure of BNS
below documents needed to be printed out in order to show to the school authority regarding ou club and achievements

beyond_night_sky1.docx
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support.docx
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confirmation page
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CONFIRMATION OF OUR FIRST OUTREACH
confirmation of our first outreach
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what things to arrange before going to a school for outreach

  • Print out of all the documents after verifying the contents provide above
  • Laptop
  • speakers(in case school can't provide)
  • Projectors(in case school cant provide)
  • Beyond Night Sky banner
  • Black chart papers or curtains to stop light coming from windows which can disturb your 
  • presentations 
  • sheets to be given to students asking for their details and in case you are conducting any competition then use other side of same sheet and try collect it at last.(Example is provided below )
  • Prize for the winners of competitions.
  • A confimation form form(below) to be signed by the principal or head of the school confirming about the outreach
confirmation form to be signed by the princial
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Example of sheets given to the students
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School outreach banner
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SCHOOL OUTREACH BANNER

What your presentaions must be containing

  • Introduction to our club like about us, missions etc
  • slides to introduce astronomy,astrophysics and space technology which must be well organised
  • interactive videos
  • slides must be made keeping age of the students
  • few slides about ways to become an astronomer or astrophysicist
  • last slide must be containing our contact details.

Future planing

1 We will be interviewing astronomers and astronauts around India and  will be making  videos of them like one below.

2 Conducting workshops on telescope making.
3 Will be starting our outreach programs by the end of this year.

Getting started with outreach

Example of an telescope viewing outreach
by Chennai astronomy club

UPDATE FORM

    Update this form if you have contacted anyone regarding support or calling us to do outreach program or to be our mentor.