Geminid Meteor Shower Mumbai
Geminid meteors winter shower will peak from December 13 to December 15 join us for an amazing Star Gazing Camp at Dindori Nasik. Geminid are the best meteor showers as each individual meteor are bright and visible. We have selected Dindori as it has good dark sky with very less night pollution essential for Stargazing and Astrophotography. We will be providing comfortable tents and weather is pleasant during December.
Activities conducted at Star Gazing Camp and Geminid Meteor Shower Camping learn about Northern Hemisphere Constellations we will teach you to identify them under expert guidance, Star gazing using telescopes, Learn Astrophotography Technique you will be able to photography milky way and star trails. Spend your weekend camping under the stars and learn about Geminid Meteor Shower.
Event Details Stargazing Mumbai at Dehne Asangaon
- Place: Dehne near Asangaon
- Endurance: Low
- Activities: Stargazing, Camping, Astrophotography
Cost for Dehne Stargazing
Option 1 - With Transport (Asangaon to Asangaon)
- Child (4 to 8 years): Rs. 1999/- per person
- Adult (above 8 years): Rs. 2199/- per person
Option 2 - Without Transport (coming by your own vehicle)
- Child (4 to 8 years): Rs. 1699/- per person
- Adult (above 8 years): Rs. 1899/- per person
Event Itinerary - Stargazing camps near Mumbai
Day one - Stargazing and Camping
Board local from Mumbai CSMT on Saturday
Train timings CSMT - Asangaon fast Local
- 01:13 pm CSMT
- 01:20 pm Byculla
- 01:26 pm Dadar
- 01:33 pm Kurla
- 01:37 pm Ghatkopar
- 01:53 pm Thane
- 02:09 pm Dombivli
- 02:19 pm Kalyan
- 02:54 pm Asangaon
03:00 pm - Meet at Asangaon railway station and begin travel to the base by local jeeps.
03:00 pm - Leave for Dehne after a brief introduction session
04:00 pm - Reach Dehne, freshen up and head to the camping site.
05:00 pm - Reach Campsite. Set up tents
06:30 pm - Begin stargazing session
- Introduction to telescope
- Introduction to Astronomy
- Naked sky observation
- Telescopic Observation
09:00 pm - Dinner time.
10:30 pm - Restart the stargazing session
- Naked sky observation
- Telescopic observation
Day Two
01:00 am - Tea break
02:00 am - Question Answer session
04:45 am - Session restarts
- Dawn sky observation
- Naked sky observation
- Telescopic observation
06:00 am - Session ends.Freshen up, Have tea and snacks
09:00 am - Leave for Asangaon
Important Notes
- In case of the Cloudy Sky, Event will not be cancelled and will continue with Campfire Activities and Information session.
- Observation depends on subject to availability of object & weather condition.
- No refund on cancellation & postponed of shows due to BAD Cloudy /Rainy Climate.
- Those who are coming by their own vehicle, please follow all covid-19 safety guideline and reach at base village on time.
- Due to above issue, if you come late or unable to come, will not provide any refund.
- People may board the same train from their respective stations of convenience.
- Missing the train is missing Stargazing and Camping at Dehne, no refund will be provided.
- If you want double sharing tent, then you need to pay Rs 200 extra.
- Male and female separate stay
What is included in the tour
- Traveling from Asangaon to Asangaon (Option 1)
- Day 1 - Evening Refreshment, Dinner
- Day 2 - Breakfast
- Instructor & Telescope
- Tented Accommodation on multi sharing basis (Triple)
- Treks and Trails Charges
What is NOT included in the tour
- Travel cost till Asangaon (Option 1)
- Any transportation (Option 2)
- Mineral water/lime water/ purchased for personal consumption
- All kinds of Extra Meals / soft drinks ordered
- Any kind of personal expenses
- Any kind of cost which is not mentioned in the cost includes above
- All expenses incurred due to unforeseen and unavoidable circumstances like roadblocks, bad weather
- Any medical / Emergency evacuations if required
- Identity proof (must)
- Face mask or shield
- Sanitizer
- Sleeping Bag or 2-bed sheets
- Torch with extra batteries
- A bottle of water (at least 2 Ltrs)
- Some ready to eat food. Plum cakes, Biscuits, etc
- Towel, a napkin
- Jacket/ Sweater, Extra clothes
- D-SLR with Tripod (Optional)
- Scarf, Cap, Sunglasses, etc (optional)
- Medicine those if u require usually
- Floaters
- A Rucksack or Daysack to put in all the things to be carried
- Do not carry sling bags or zholas.
Cancellation Policy
- 75% refund if notified via phone conversation 8 or more days prior to the event date.
- 50 % refund if notified via phone conversation 4 to 7 days prior to the event date.
- No refund if the cancellation requested is less than 3 days prior to the event date
- No show No Refund.
- Event Tickets cannot be transferred to another date against cancellation.
- Event Tickets cannot be transferred to another person against cancellation.
- If Trek gets canceled from our side, we will refund "Trek Amount" only.
- If the event is canceled due to any natural calamity, political unrest or other such reasons beyond our control the same cancellation policy will apply.
- Indian toilet available
- Personal car parking at owner risk route will be provided via Google maps
- Camp Site is safe for Women
- We have 60 - 40 % or more Male - Female ratios on our events
- Kids below 15 with Parents supervision only
- Food preference - only Veg local cooked food available
- Limited phone connectivity available for most cellular services
- Local jeeps used for Transport can accommodate 10 people
- Registration against 100% upfront payment only on the spot payment not accepted
- No Discount for Kids
List of Stargazing Mumbai seen throughout the night
- Pleiades Cluster
- Double Cluster c64
- Mars Neptune
- Andromeda Galaxy M31, M32, 110
- Orion Nebula
- Crab Nebula
- Andromeda galaxy M31,32,110
- Orion nebula M45
- Crab nebula M1
- C64 averted vision star cluster with nebulosity
- M41 open cluster canis major
- M35 open cluster
- M78 globular cluster
- Almaak double star
- M46 open cluster
- Beehive cluster m44
- Bode cigar galaxy m81 - 82
- Leo triplets galaxies
- Sunflower galaxy
- Venus.
- Comet 48P
- Flame Nebula
