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Contact information
e-mail
etprabs@yahoo.co.in
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website
http://prabsalive.tripod.com
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Locator
Map
http://www.frappr.com/apppublic
Level of accuracy: city of Mumbai, India
Biography
I was born In Bombay (now
Mumbai) , the commercial capital of India in 1983. I was educated at
Swami Muktananda High School, Mumbai and Bhavans College,Mumbai. I
graduated in Medicine from Seth G.S .Medical
College & K.E.M Hospital Mumbai and will be pursuing the M.D. with
specialty in Internal Medicine. My relationship with
astrophotography started recently in 2004, when I was In my 3rd year of
M.B.B.S. It was based on a solid background of observational
astronomy which started in 1998.
Astronomy Tale
Astronomy has always been one of the subjects which I aimed to know;
being always interested in the sky, but not having adequate resources to
know more of my hobby. While I was In Junior College, I happen to
come across a book which showed the basic constellations and Objects. It
took me 2-3 Months to master all the objects In the sky. I still
remember the days when I used to take this book on bike trips to the
outskirts of my residential area to watch the constellations and planets
with my mini 4x 35 Binoculars. I started liking the process
altogether ...I even made a list of objects which I had to observe for a
series of nights. So went the years, when I could precisely know
what is where in the sky. When I got my first scope (a 4inch reflector
f/10) .. Then came Some Orion eyepieces and then came the CAMERA ..Till
2004 Astro-photography was not at all in the domain of my thoughts ..SO
what changed it all?
The Venus Transit of 2004 ,I had put up a Astronomy awareness program in
my Medical College . and I planned to use a camera for the first time,
just for the sake that such events don't repeat again soon. I was
dumb struck when I saw the
pics
...That was my first brush with Astrophotography. ..With my own
personal camera the Sony Cybershot P100 coming in Dec 2004 , It was a
cherry on the cake. Ventured in to all fields of astronomical objects
..covering all those things which till then were seen from my eyepiece.
Areas of interest
Wide fields, Solar Lunar
events. Unusual phenomenon's ..Things which My camera can handle
Astrophotography publications
Images published by
Spaceweather.com
#1 ,
#2 ,
#3
I am still an amateur and just 1.5
years into astrophotography.
Observing site
Give me a place to see
the sky, that's my site ..Usually it depends on what has to be
photographed .. Mostly suburban Mumbai.
Astronomical Equipment
see:
http://prabsalive.tripod.com/gear.htm
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Telescope
100 mm (4 inch) f/10
Newtonian Reflector Scope. In 2004 I removed the front Ring to make
it
in to a 5 inch f/8. It has a Highly reflective mirror ,with a over
layer of silicon Mono-oxide and a 25mm secondary. The whole assembly
is cased in a PVC tube+ ..My brother calls my telescope a " PVC Pipe" . It
weighs 15 lbs, with accessories attached.
Mount
The tube rests on a die cast
aluminum stand (altazimuth mount)
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Camera
Sony Cybershot P100 (5.1
megapixel digital camera) |
