Dimapur, April 7 (EMN): The heavenly bodies and astronomical phenomenon has always fascinated human from pre historical times. Astronomy has developed leaps and bound from simple observation of night sky from naked eye to sending probes to heavenly bodies.
To expose the students of Kohima Science College, Jotsoma (KSCJ) to the field of astronomy and astrophysics, two-day introductory workshop on astronomy and astrophysics was organized on April 5-6. A press release received on Saturday from college authority informed.
The participants for the workshop were Physics faculties from various parts of Nagaland and students of M.Sc. and B.Sc. 6th semester of Physics and Mathematics.
The workshop was coordinated by Dr. Chetan Kachhara, assistant professor, department of Physics, KSCJ.
The resource persons Prof. Ranjan Gupta, scientist H, IUCAA and Prof. HP Singh, from department of Physics and Astronomy, Delhi University, talked on telescopes and techniques and physical parameters of stars through observations.
Participants were introduced to the concepts in general astronomy - astronomical measurements, magnitude systems, distance modulus, mass and luminosity, distance measurement of stars, H-R diagram, stellar evolution, solar system, star and galaxies, basic optics and telescope and some space observations.
Principal of the college, Dr. Lily Sema and Dr. R C Gupta, PVC, Nagaland University attended the inaugural session and delivered words of encouragement to the participants.
