Please find attached the Sky News for April 2026.
Lunar Occultation Event on 29 Mar 2026
Regulus (Alpha Leonis) Mahga मघा will be occulted by the Moon on the night of 29 March 2026. This event is visible to the naked eye. For more information, Please visit
https://skytonight.wordpress.com/2026/03/24/occultation-of-regulus-by-the-moon/
Please find attached the Sky News for March 2026.
Arvind Paranjpye
Nehru Planetarium, Mumbai
XSPECT onboard XPoSat, ToO data for the source 1A 1118-61 is available for download. The source was observed from 23 Jan to 31 Jan and from 5 Feb to 12 Feb 2026. Please visit https://pradan1.issdc.gov.in/x01/ for data download.
Announcement for the 2nd SKA-India Summer Training School 2026 at IIT-Kanpur (SKA training school - II)
The ARIES Training School in Observational Astronomy and Atmospheric Sciences (ATSOAA 2026) will be organized by ARIES, Nainital, from April 20 to April 30, 2026.
Last date of application: 25 February 2026.
Please find more information from the following link.
Please find attached the Sky News for February 2026.
Arvind Paranjpye
Nehru Planetarium, Mumbai
An IAU Junior Member WG Event: Researchers in the Spotlight with Prof. Debarati Chatterjee, Prof. Chandreyee Maitra and Prof. Rajeshwari Dutta (Special Edition: IUCAA x IAU Women in Science Event 2026) on 4th February 2026.
Please find more information from the link.
Many thanks,
Susmita
This is the first announcement of the "INDUS Symposium on Heliospheric Advancements (ISHA)", an online-only conference from 08-10 April 2026, dedicated to early-career researchers in space physics. ISHA is designed as a focused and accessible forum for PhD, Postdoctoral, and early-career researchers to present their work and engage in in-depth scientific discussion.
First AO cycle observations of Aditya-L1 for National Guest Observer was opened on 6 Jan 2026. The deadline to submit the proposal is 6 Feb 2026.
Please find more details at https://www.isro.gov.in/AdityaL1_first_AO_cycle.html
Title: Workshop on Galaxy Mergers and their nuclei" will be conducted at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru from March 9 to 11, 2026
