Events
Star Parties, Meetups & More
We gather through the year for star parties, city meetups, workshops, and outreach sessions. Check upcoming events, learn how our new moon and full moon rhythm works, and browse past events from the community.
Our Monthly Rhythm
We plan events around the Moon: star parties near the new moon and city meetups near the full moon, usually on the nearest weekend. Star party dates are confirmed closer to the event based on weather.
Upcoming Events
Past Events
2026
JUN · 17 · WED
Outreach at Thiru Vi Ka Park, Shenoy Nagar
12:00 am
Today, volunteers from our club set up two telescopes for public viewing at Thiru Vi Ka Park to show the conjunction of Venus, Jupiter, and the moon. We had at least 150 people of all age groups looking through the scope. Super proud of the team that made this possible today as most of us regulars were held up for various reasons. Thank you @parthiiban, @NaveenR, Naveen’s mom, Aashika, and…
JUN · 13 · SAT
First Light - Beginners' Workshop on Visual Astronomy
13 Jun, 11:00 am – 14 Jun 2026, 7:00 am
As a club, one of our primary goals has always been to get more people interested in astronomy and help them grow beyond simply attending events. We want our members to be comfortable under the night sky, confident in identifying celestial objects, and capable of using astronomy equipment when we head out for observations. Over the years, we have conducted many beginner sessions, but…
MAY · 31 · SUN
City Meetup - Talk on Studying Undead Stars to Understand Theories of Physics by Prof. Manjari Bagchi
3:30 pm – 5:30 pm • Chennai
We will be meeting in Chennai and Prof. Manjari Bagchi will give a talk titled Studying Undead Stars to Understand Theories of Physics . We are splitting the venue charges among us attendees and we expect it to be around Rs. 200. Please register using this page - Events - Chennai Astronomy Club Venue details will be shared once you make the payment but it’s located in…
MAY · 16 · SAT
Monthly Meetup - May 16, 2026
3:30 pm – 6:00 pm • Roypettah
We’re planning our monthly meetup in Roypettah. Since the venue is charging us for the event, we are splitting it equally and we expect it to be around 150 per person. During this month’s meet up, we’ll have two talks: • What is star hopping? - me • Collimation - @vijay We highly recommend joining the session as both are very helpful topics for beginners. If you are interested in…
MAY · 10 · SUN
Astronomy Night for Kids
11:42 am
We had an overnight astronomy session for 12 kids yesterday. Since we were expecting very poor weather, we planned a whole bunch of activities to keep the kids engaged. We started off with a walk to demonstrate the scale of the solar system, did experiments on how craters form, why Venus and Mercury show phases, and spoke about a lot of things the kids were curious about. We then had a small…
APR · 18 · SAT
A Night of Stardust and Science: CAC & IIT Madras
6:30 pm
In April 2026, the Chennai Astronomy Club hosted an overnight stargazing camp at a dark-sky farmhouse outside the city. The pristine horizon provided a perfect cosmic theater for veterans, newcomers, and brilliant young minds. Our core mission was hands-on mentorship: • Visual Astronomy: We taught star-hopping and averted vision. Participants were thrilled by views of Jupiter, distant nebulae,…
APR · 15 · WED
Outreach in Velammal Bodhi Campus, Pallikaranai and Ology Tech School, Mugalivakkam
12:00 am
We conducted outreach sessions at two schools this week, bringing a slice of the universe right into the classroom. We reached a total of about 70 students through both these schools. We kicked things off with a hands-on activity to explore the true scale of our solar system, helping students visualize just how vast our cosmic neighborhood really is. From there, we moved on to telescope…
APR · 11 · SAT
Star Party - April 11, 2026
11 Apr, 5:00 pm – 12 Apr 2026, 6:00 am
We are planning a star party on Please fill the form with as much details as possible. The venue will be disclosed to selected participants alone for the sake of privacy and safety. However, please be assured that the venue has clean restrooms and there are three rooms where you can sleep/freshen up if needed. As always, all costs will be split equally. This includes dinner, and…
MAR · 13 · FRI
Star Party - March 2026
13 Mar, 4:00 pm – 14 Mar 2026, 8:00 am
We are planning a star party in the second weekend of March, 2026. This is a two-night event - and You can sign up for either one of the nights or both the nights. Please fill the form with as much details as possible. The venue will be disclosed to selected participants alone for the sake of privacy and safety. However, please be assured that the venue has clean restrooms and…
FEB · 12 · THU
Star Party February 2026
6:00 pm
We are planning a star party on . Please fill the form with as much details as possible. The venue will be disclosed to selected participants alone for the sake of privacy and safety. However, please be assured that the venue has clean restrooms and there are a couple of rooms where you can sleep/freshen up if needed. As always, all costs will be split equally. This includes…
JAN · 24 · SAT
Star Party January 2026
6:30 pm
We are planning a star party on and . Please fill the form with as much details as possible. The venue will be disclosed to selected participants alone for the sake of privacy and safety. However, please be assured that the venue has clean restrooms and there are a couple of rooms where you can sleep/freshen up if needed. As always, all costs will be split equally. This…
2025
DEC · 14 · SUN
Star Party/Beginners' Astronomy Workshop on December 20th
9:00 pm
! As the skies have started clearing up, we are planning for a star party on December 20th(Saturday). This time, we are also planning on conducting a beginners’ workshop along with it. • We will start at noon on Saturday. Beginners and those who want some help with their equipment or gear can join us for this. • We will cover some basic visual astronomy techniques and also help…
DEC · 5 · FRI
Talk: New Insights into Galaxy Evolution with JWST by Dr. Santosh Harish
6:00 pm • Germany
JWST is transforming extragalactic astronomy by delivering unprecedented sensitivity and spatial resolution across the near- and mid-infrared. Early observations already reveal rapid stellar mass buildup, complex morphologies, diverse dust and ISM conditions, and a richer-than-expected population of evolved and actively star-forming systems in the first billion years. In this talk, I will…
SEPT · 20 · SAT
Star Party - September 2025
12:00 am
We are planning a star party on . Please fill the form with as much details as possible. The venue will be disclosed to selected participants alone for the sake of privacy and safety. However, please be assured that the venue has clean restrooms and there are a couple of rooms where you can sleep/freshen up if needed. As always, all costs will be split equally. This includes…
AUG · 28 · THU
Lunar Eclipse Night
6:00 pm
We are organising an event for the upcoming total lunar eclipse on . The plan is to leave Chennai after lunch on Sunday and reach the venue by 3PM. We have a bunch of educational events planned. After dinner, we will start seeing the eclipse from an open ground and continue till about 2AM. We can have a brief rest after this and start for Chennai by sunrise. Please read these before…
AUG · 1 · FRI
Star Party - August 2025
12:00 am
We are restarting star parties after the rains from this Sunday. We are going to have a very small event this time due to the last minute plan and issues with logistics at the venue. We will definitely ramp up the numbers as the skies become clear. Please sign up by tomorrow morning 8AM. Date: August 24(Sunday) from about 7PM till Monday morning(you can leave at any time before…
JUL · 26 · SAT
July Meetup - Online
5:30 pm
We will be having an online meetup on . @nityah will be giving a talk on Computational Astrophysics - tools and techniques . She will talk about some of the important questions simulations aim to answer, and some techniques that are used in the applications. She will also highlight how AI and machine learning methods are increasingly being integrated into modern astrophysical research…
JUN · 11 · WED
Outreach in Karaikudi and Thiruvarur
6:39 am • Thiruvarur
@vijay, @linusnelson, and I set out on a two day outreach program on June 6 and 7. We started off with a session on the basics of the sun, solar system, and eclipses to a group of around 80 kids at a government aided school in the outskirts of Karaikudi. After this, we observed sunspots through our telescope. On the second day, we interacted with around 35 kids and an equal number of…
MAY · 24 · SAT
Star Party - May 2025
12:00 am
We are planning a star party on . Please fill the form with as much details as possible. The venue will be disclosed to selected participants alone for the sake of privacy and safety. However, please be assured that the venue has clean restrooms and there are a couple of rooms where you can sleep/freshen up if needed. As always, all costs will be split equally. This includes…
MAY · 3 · SAT
Beginners' Workshop on Visual Astronomy
10:17 am • Chennai
We are planning to host this beginners’ workshop on visual astronomy this May 10. It will be from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM. This will happen in a cafe or a place in Chennai. A second follow-up session to this will happen along with our star party in May. Please register here - https://forms.gle/kZB2xqZMHiyRoNq69 We can accommodate only 30 people at the venue so please fill all the form…
APR · 26 · SAT
Star Party, April 2025
6:30 pm
We are planning a star party on . Please fill the form with as much details as possible. The venue will be disclosed to selected participants alone for the sake of privacy and safety. However, please be assured that the venue has clean restrooms and there are a couple of rooms where you can sleep/freshen up if needed. It is a safe place about 2 hours from Chennai. As always,…
APR · 13 · SUN
Outreach at Anna University
2:49 pm
@vijay conducted a session on the basics of astrophotography and I conducted a session on the basics of visual astronomy to some students at Anna University this week. Vijay showed a live demo of stacking and processing images and I set up my dobs to show Jupiter and the moon. We tried to see the Orion Nebula as well but the floodlights in the ground interfered with the observation. If your…
APR · 4 · FRI
Star Party, April 2025 - Messier Marathon Edition
6:30 pm
We are planning for a Messier Marathon on . This is not the primary weekend for the Messier Marathon internationally but we have chosen this date due to some practical considerations. Since this is going to be a Messier Marathon and not a regular star party, • Please do not register as a family unless your family member is also into visual astronomy. • We will be limiting the…
MAR · 16 · SUN
Online Astrophotography Workshop
12:30 am
Hi everyone, @vijay will be conducting a session on astrophotography this Saturday ( ). He will be processing some data that he has shot over the days and will be open to some Q&A later as well. Meeting Link
MAR · 2 · SUN
Star Party February 28-March 2, 2025
12:00 am
We are planning a star party this month. We are making it a multi-night event this time. We will start on February 28 and finish this on March 2. We have booked the venue for Feb 28 and March 1 and will book it off for March 2 depending on the interest levels. We will be shortlisting participants to keep a healthy mix of experience and skill levels and appreciate your understanding…
2024
JUL · 6 · SAT
Astrophotography Workshop Part II
11:30 pm
@vijay will be conducting part II of the Beginner’s Astrophotography workshop at . You can join it using this Google Meet link .
MAY · 25 · SAT
Beginners Astrophotography Workshop
11:30 pm
@vijay will conduct a workshop on astrophotography for beginners on You can join it in this Google Meet link .
2023
2022
DEC · 1 · THU
Star Party December 2022
12:00 am
! We have been missing out in action for the last few months and we are hoping to break this drought with our first winter stargazing session. We are planning for the Christmas weekend and we will open our registrations shortly.
DEC · 1 · THU
Monthly Meetup - December 2022
12:00 am
We will have our monthly meetup tomorrow evening at 5PM. I believe we have a very new set of people now and it would be great to know you all before we start this season. The meeting will take place here - Join conversation
APR · 16 · SAT
Monthly Meetup - April 2022
11:30 pm
! We will have our monthly meetup on If anyone is interested in giving a talk(15-20 mins) about some topic, please let me know.
FEB · 1 · TUE
Monthly Meetup - February 2022
12:00 am
We will be having our monthly meetup this Sunday(20 February) evening at 5 PM. It will take place in our Skype group. Do join if you are interested. @Stargazer123 will be talking about some basic concepts in visual astronomy.
JAN · 1 · SAT
Monthly Meetup January 2022
12:00 am
We will be having our monthly meetup this Sunday(23 January) evening at 5 PM. It will take place over our Skype group. Do join if you are interested.
2021
OCT · 7 · THU
Monthly Meetup - October
1:31 pm
We will have our monthly meetup at 7PM on October 23, 2021. • List of targets for an observing challenge • Processing planetary and lunar images
SEPT · 4 · SAT
Monthly Meetup - September
12:30 am
We will be having a meetup on . Please attend if you are interested. Topics planned: • How to create a star chart(part I) - this will be a fairly technical talk. Some programming knowledge would be helpful. If anybody else wants to talk on some other topic, please reach out to me via a private message.
JUN · 20 · SUN
Monthly Meetup - June, 2021
10:30 pm
We shall be having our monthly meetup this Sunday . Following is the agenda: • Introduction to the club • Targets for the month • Different types of telescopes and how to find one suitable for your needs • Q&A(if you have doubts about telescopes and stuff - please join) Hope to see you all. The call will happen in this group - Join conversation
MAY · 21 · FRI
Monthly Meetup - May, 2021
6:30 pm
We will be having our monthly meetup on . Will be looking forward to meeting you all. It will be held in our Skype group(if there are sufficient takers, we can move to Zoom…do share what you feel). Since there are many people with new equipment now, we can discuss how to use them properly in this meeting. I will also be talking about my experience in building a roll-off roof…
APR · 20 · TUE
On Star Parties
7:26 pm
A lot of you have been asking about having star parties organised by the club. Like most of you, I have also been looking forward to this but the COVID-19 situation is something that we will have to keep in mind. This is what I feel about this. Please feel free to pitch in with your thoughts. • COVID-19 can spread through eyes. Even if we are masked up and keep sanitising our hands throughout…
JAN · 23 · SAT
Monthly Meetup - January 2021
10:30 pm
We will be having this month’s monthly meetup on . If anybody would like to talk about any topic, please send me a message. The meetup will take place via Skype. Do join the group if you haven’t already done so: https://join.skype.com/HGKeGtLMBLsz
2020
DEC · 20 · SUN
The Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn
2:41 pm
As most of you might probably know, Jupiter and Saturn will be just 6 arc minutes away from each other as seen from Earth tomorrow. To put this in perspective, here’s a comparison with the apparent diameter of the moon: From Chennai, it will be visible from right after sunset to around 7:30 PM. We will try and live stream this if possible tomorrow. We will update here in the…
NOV · 7 · SAT
Speaker Series - Basics of Rocketry, Rohan M Ganapathy
4:30 pm • Coimbatore
Learn about the science of designing and launching rockets. Speaker: Rohan M Ganapathy The talk is scheduled to be at . It will be streamed live to our YouTube Channel and participants will have the opportunity to interact with the speaker. Rohan is the CEO and one of the full time directors of Bellatrix Aerospace. The company was spawned when he was just 22 years old along with the support of…
OCT · 11 · SUN
Speaker Series - There's more than one way to become an astronomer!
3:30 pm • Hawaii
Are you a student who wants to become a professional astronomer? Join us on to find out how! YouTube Live Streaming Link Speakers: Preethi Krishnamoorthy Post-doctoral Researcher, Project PANOPTES, Subaru Telescope, Hawaii Preethi is a post-doctoral researcher at the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii, USA. She is working on a citizen science project that builds robotic telescopes to detect…
OCT · 3 · SAT
Quasars - October Meetup
10:30 pm
We will be having this month’s meetup on . @AstronautHarish will be giving a talk on Quasars. Do attend! The event will be streamed on Youtube at https://youtu.be/ZE_pq_RhOUc .
SEPT · 10 · THU
Speaker Series - Dr. Ebenezer, Reader, Head - Kodaikanal Solar Observatory
12:00 am
AUG · 15 · SAT
Monthly Quiz Questions - August
12:00 am
MAR · 3 · TUE
Kavalur Star Party 2020
12:00 am
2019
DEC · 26 · THU
Annular Solar Eclipse Outreach, Kandavarayanpatti
12:00 am • Kandavarayanpatti, Sivaganga
On 26 December 2019, club members travelled to Kandavarayanpatti — on the path of annularity for the solar eclipse — to run a public outreach programme. We set up filtered telescopes and projection rigs so local students and residents could safely watch the ring of fire and learn how eclipses happen.
NOV · 16 · SAT
Tips to Become an Amateur Astronomer - feat. Prabhu
12:00 am
FEB · 2 · SAT
Star Party February 2019
12:00 am
2018
MAY · 4 · FRI
The Ultimate Guide to Choosing Your First Telescope
12:00 am
FEB · 24 · SAT
Outreach for kids from Ladies Circle India
12:00 am
2017
DEC · 16 · SAT
Outreach at Velammal International School
12:00 am
AUG · 31 · THU
Sriharikota visit for PSLV-C39 IRNSS-1H Launch
12:00 am
MAR · 26 · SUN
Star Party March 2017
12:00 am
FEB · 27 · MON
Star Party February 2017
12:00 am
2016
JUN · 11 · SAT
June Meetup
12:00 am
MAY · 9 · MON
Mercury Transit Live Feed
12:00 am
MAY · 7 · SAT
Star Party May 2016
12:00 am
APR · 16 · SAT
Outreach at Young Scientist
12:00 am
MAR · 19 · SAT
March Meetup
12:00 am
MAR · 12 · SAT
Messier Marathon, March 12, 2016
12:00 am
FEB · 6 · SAT
Yelagiri Star party, 2016
12:00 am
2015
DEC · 20 · SUN
Winter star party, 2015
12:00 am
DEC · 20 · SUN
Outreach at DABC Mithilam
12:00 am
DEC · 16 · WED
Sriharikota visit to see the launch of PSLV C/29
12:00 am
SEPT · 13 · SUN
Star party at Gravitas, VIT in association with SEDS-VIT
12:00 am
APR · 25 · SAT
Outreach at Summer Spark
12:00 am
MAR · 28 · SAT
PSLV C27/IRNSS-1D launch visit to Sriharikota
12:00 am
MAR · 17 · TUE
SEDSIC 2015
12:00 am
JAN · 14 · WED
Star Party January 2015
12:00 am
JAN · 11 · SUN
January Meetup
12:00 am
2014
OCT · 16 · THU
PSLV – C26 (IRNSS-1C) Launch visit to Sriharikota
12:00 am
JUN · 30 · MON
PSLV C-23 Launch
12:00 am
JUN · 22 · SUN
International Sun Day
12:00 am
MAY · 9 · FRI
OneSky Sidewalk astronomy event
12:00 am
APR · 27 · SUN
Visit to Vainu Bappu Observatory, Kavalur
12:00 am
APR · 26 · SAT
Solar Astronomy Outreach
12:00 am
FEB · 23 · SUN
Astronomy Outreach @Holy Cross Home
12:00 am
FEB · 2 · SUN
Astronomy workshop for Children's Space library, Besant Nagar
12:00 am
JAN · 27 · MON
Star party
12:00 am
JAN · 5 · SUN
GSLV D-5 Launch
12:00 am
2013
DEC · 28 · SAT
Star Party, Nagalapuram
12:00 am
DEC · 18 · WED
Astronomy workshop, HLC International School
12:00 am
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