Khagol Bulletin # 131

Beginning Astronomy v3: Start a Data-driven Journey The Beginning Astronomy v3: Start a Data- Driven Journey was conducted from 11th to 13th December 2023 at IIT Hyderabad andwas jointly hosted by IITHyderabad and IUCAA. BSc and BTech students in their 2nd year or higher, along with MSc and MTech students, were eligible, and 366 students applied from all over India. Forty students we r e se l ec t ed . D r Mayukh Paha r i coordinated from IIT Hyderabad along with Dr Souradeep Bhattacharya, Dr Chayan Mondal, Dr Megha Anand, Mr Pushpak Pandey and Prof. Ranjeev Mishra from IUCAA, Pune. 13 MSc and BTech students from the Nakshatra Astronomy Club at the IIT Hyderabad were part of the Local Organizing Committee, who assisted in effective coordination. The inauguration ceremony was followed by opening remarks from Prof. Prem Pal, Head , Depa r tmen t o f Phys i cs , I I T Hyderabad, along with an address by the Distinguished Guest, Prof. K Sriram, Department of Astronomy, Osmania University and Chief Guest, Dr Iswar Chandra Das, Head, Geophysics Division, National Remote Sensing Center, ISRO, India. Prof. Shantanu Desai, Department of Physics, IIT Hyderabad, presented closing remarks. The first-day program consisted of talks on Introduction to Basic Concepts of Astronomy and Introduction to the Sun, followed by the Hands-on session on Stellar Evolution and Solar Astronomy. Prof. Shantanu Desai, IIT Hyderabad, delivered the Day 1 special talk on gravitational waves in the nanoHz frequency regime. The second-day proceedings started with talks on Galaxies and their evolution, an Introduction to Statistical Inference and an Introduction to Pulsar & Black Hole Ast ronomy. The hands-on sess i on consisted of sessions on galaxies and statistical inference. On day two, a special evening lecture was delivered by Prof. The last day of the workshop started with a technical session based on multi- wavelength investigations of Solar Eruptive Phenomena. Upendra Kumar Singh Kushwaha explained the details of observation of the sun from the beginning to modern times. Dr. Kushwaha said that R. Carrington observed the first Solar flares on 01 September 1859 (approx 162 years ago), and on 02 September 2023, Aditya L1 was launched to study the flares in more detail. the solar atmosphere. Prithvi Raj Singh, University of Allahabad, talked about data simulation and data collection from different data sources. He provided a detailed data analysis using different methods and software (MATLAB and Origin). He also gave Origin software and analysed data with a few techniques used by students, demonstrated the method of scientific data analysis, and showed some results. Kr i shna Kumar Pandey f rom Bapu Intermediate College, Sadat, Ghazipur, delivered a lecture on the Evolution of the Gnevyshev gap during solar cycles. Dr. Pandey presented a long-duration behaviour of solar activity and solar cycles. Dr. Pandey explained that Solar activity has a cycle of 11 years and presented the same using a butterfly diagram. Hence, studying the Sun is fascinating as it shows different behaviours in every solar cycle. Bechan Sharma, Dean of the Faculty of Science, chaired the valedictory session of the workshop. Nishant Singh, IUCAA, Pune, was the Guest of Honour. Vinod Prakash graced the occasion with his presence. Several eminent speakers and workshop students shared their experiences with the workshop. Participant certificates were distributed at the end of the workshop. Upendra Kushwaha, Allahabad University, coordinated theworkshop. | 16 | KHAG L | No. 131 - JANUARY 2024