Articles by Kaustav Bhattacharya
Welcome to the unisphere This is the space, blog, place on the web, call it what you may, where Kaustav Bhattacharya, aka JupiterOrbit, blogs about matters concerning astronomy, science, the environment, society, social media and technology. This space is a collection of my thoughts and observations all the afore mentioned topics and reflects the passion I have for these matters. Since my early years in school, I always had a passion for science. Astronomy is an avid hobby of mine which stemmed from my interest in science. I’m an ardent technologist with very particular specialisations in web developer, social media software and experience in running technology departments within the digital media and advertising industries. I am concerned about my own impact on the environment and the effect of wider society, industry and technology on the environment. My personal life-style, where I can afford it, reflects this concern and some of my writing in this blog may convey opinions I have about the degradation of betterment of the planetary environment around us. Like most of us, society around us, the cities, towns or villages we live in, the people we mix with, the people we avoid and the actions of those round us all has a direct impact on our lives. Many of these aspects of life either vex me, concern me, invigorate me or amaze me. You’ll find me writing about some of those things within this blog.
Following on from my previous story about the annual Spring Moonwatch event which started in the UK on 28th March, 2009, this is a short update on the third night of observing during Spring Moonwatch …
We’re currently in the midst of an annual UK astronomy event known as the spring moonwatch. It was originally conceived by the Society for Popular Astronomy in the UK and the event usually falls between 28th March to 5th April annually, because the moon will be best placed for observation from the UK. What is more, because the moon stays high above the horizon for a long time, it results in what astronomer called better “seeing” which essentially is a nice steady atmospheric condition usually resulting in a steady and sharp image of the moon when observing it through a telescope.
A recent Twitter message to the @JagritiYatra twitter ID said the following:
oscar_soria @JagritiYatra you can mentor Mr Tata and tell him that extinction is forever and maybe he needs to review his decision to build a port a …
Here’s a cool thing to try out. You can actually see the International Space Station with the naked eye if you know where to look in the sky and at the correct time. What’s more, whilst you’re looking up in to the night sky, tracking the space station go above your head, you can listen in to the astronauts talking on the space station. I am not kidding. This is all really possible and it’s not very difficult to work out. Here how you do it.
Gaurav Sharma, Partho Chakravarty and Prabal Bhardwaj, three yatri’s on the Jagriti Yatra train speak to Kaustav Bhattacharya and candidly speak about their expectations and experiences on the yatra. The interview was conducted just before …
Hi all. Sorry for the late update to this blog. A number of days have passed with no updates. Apologies in advance for any typos and mistakes in this update as I’m typing this very …
It’s day 6 on the Tata Jagriti Yatra. Our train arrives in Puducherry (Pondicherry). We are visiting one of the most advanced eye care hospitals in India, the Arvind Eye Care Hospital. As our bus …
Today was more symbolic then anything else. With our location now at the southern most city of India – Kaniyakumari – we intended to pay pilgrimage to legendary Vivekananda Rock Memorial which was a short …
What a gloriously sunny morning but what a rude awakening! The previous night, most of us had gone to sleep VERY late. I myself had reached R. E. M. state at around 3.30am and was …
Day three of Tata Jagriti Yatra proved to be a one of those days that really captured the imagination of both participants and facilitators. Today we were to meet Shree Padre who hails from Vaninagar, …
As social networking technology becomes more pervasive and starts to increasingly encroach upon your work time, then you’ll naturally need ways to disguise your time wastage . If you’re a Twitter addict and ...
