Stargazing with pune redditors
Yesterday we went to a stargazing night near Torna Fort with a bunch of Redditors and honestly it turned out way better than expected .
Initially everyone thought we’ll just chill, look at planets and stars through telescopes and click some photos… but the whole night became one long interesting discussion about space, astronomy and random cosmic stuff.
We ended up talking about how calendars were made using celestial movements, stars, galaxies, constellations, nakshatras, planets and even why a week has exactly 7 days.
Some other things we discussed:
How ancient people used stars for navigation
Difference between meteors, asteroids and comets
How light years work
Why some stars look brighter than others
How eclipses happen
And many more random 2am space talks.
The best part? The campsite had fireflies too. Seeing stars above and fireflies around at the same time felt unreal… proper cherry on top of the experience 🫶