#chandraobservatory

Get ready to embark on a journey through the cosmos, where science meets art and the mysteries of Cassiopeia A are unraveled. 🌌💙 #WebbTelescope #ChandraObservatory #GreenMonsterMystery #CosmicDiscovery #SpaceArtistry

Long Post Alert:📢 I had been meaning to write about this experience, the cornerstone of our whole trip to the #outbackqueensland and the major reason that we ventured 700+ km from #brissy into the desert. But as always, before I jump into the story let me lay a bit of a background. As a kid I was always fascinated with the sky, the space, the universe. I still distinctly remember running to my terrace any moment I got almost every night and just sitting there, simply staring at the moon and the stars, and coming up with various theories inter alia about contacting Aliens no less! When we first got internet, apart from all the stuff that teenaged boys do 😜, I used to visit #nasa #chandraobservatory website and ogle at all the otherworldly photos of the various exoplanets and star systems. However, thanks to all the #lightpollution in Indian cities and the struggles of growing up, gradually that fascination of mine with the sky became a distant memory. Thankfully, after coming to #australia, I was able to reignite that lost passion, and since stepping on these shores I had been on the lookout for an observatory where I can realise my childhood dreams. And that's when, scouring the internet, I landed on the website of #charlevillecosmoscentre. Thus, I gathered all my #nerds together, baiting them with visuals of an idyllic night under the carpet of stars with just them and a telescope to look at whatever heavenly body they want, and took them on this epic (in relative terms) journey into the #redcentre. And it all was going as per the plan. The #sunviewing was mesmerising. To see your own star, your own God (because I'm a Hindu), is an unparalleled experience. But then came the time to for the #nightskyview. The weather forecast hadn't been good, but I hoped that #nature would be kind to it's self-appointed favourite child and let me have my dreams fulfilled. It wasn't to be though. It started with all the pomp when the roof of the observatory opened to the thundering score from 2001:A Space Odyssey. But soon came the clouds to spoil the party, thankfully not before I got a chance to look at #jupiter and it's 4 moons though. Well, until next time then! (at Charleville Cosmos Centre) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEc7ZSQseaq/?igshid=68h2wn9cy97k