Summer camp on "Telescope Making & Sky Watching" organised by Paschim Banga Samagra Shiksha Mission, School Education Department, Government of West Bengal and Indian Centre for Space Physics from 26th May to 6th June, 2025
Place : IERCOO Campus, Sitapur, Paschim Medinipur Location map: Click here
| Paschim Medinipur | 26th May to 28th May, 2025 |
| Purba Medinipur | 29th May to 31st May, 2025 |
| Bankura | 1stJune to 3rdJune, 2025 |
| Purulia | 4thJune to 6th June, 2025 |
| Day No | 6:00 to 8:00 | 8:00 to 10:00 | 10:00 to 12:00 | 12:00 to 13:30 | 13:35 to 15:00 | 15:00 to 17:00 | 17:00 to 18:30 | 18:30 to 20:30 | 20:30 to 21:30 | 21:30 - 23:00 |
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| 1 | ---- | --- | Arrive | Shower plus Lunch | Lecture on telescope Making and distribution of material, mirror making | Measurement of focal length of mirror, grinding painting of component | Making plastic screws; Snacks plus lecture on Sky Watching | Sky Watching with 24 inch Vashista | Dinner | Sky Watching with ICSP 5 inch telescopes |
| 2 | Breakfast | Mirror mount; Secondary mirror mount | Fitting mirrors eyepieces, view finders | Shower plus Lunch | Alignment of the telescope tube, fitting with the stand | Co-alignment between the view finder and the telescope, weight balance | Snacks Q&A | Sky Watching with school 5 inch Telescopes | Dinner | Sky Watching with School telescopes |
| 3 | Breakfast | Making Solar Filter, Watching Sun-spots with telescopes & Filter | Departure for home | |||||||