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St Philomena College was founded by Msgr Antony Patrao who felt that a College in this part of the state would save the people of the inconvenience of moving to distant places for higher education. He set out to realize his dream and the mission was accomplished in the year 1958.

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Since its inception, the Institute has lived up to societal expectations, turning out consistent and appreciable results in academic and non-academic fields. The institution does attempt to treat the primary stakeholders in 5 UG programs and 5 PG programs with a rewarding educational experience.

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The Quality Assurance Framework of the institution has been developed to assure academic standards and enhance the quality of education. It underlines the institution’s commitment to excellence and improvement.

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SPAAC : Eyes on the Skies

ABOUT SPAAC:

The St Philomena Amateur Astronomy Club SPAAC is a group of astronomy enthusiasts with the common goal of educating society about the universe. Since the organization's founding in 2003, SPAAC has been successfully holding astronomy outreach activities and overnight stargazing programmes in and around the Puttur region. Along with having qualified faculty and top-notch equipment, our club has also been aggressively dispelling myths and prejudices some of the astronomical events, particularly in rural areas. The goal of SPAAC is to reach out to as many individuals as possible from all age groups while also breaking down geographical barriers.

The word Astronomy derives the Curiosity and interest in students and the public of all ages, to know the star-studded sky and Celestial phenomena such as eclipses, waxing and waning of the moon, occultation, blazing comets and meter shower etc., There are myths and ignorance shrouding   astronomical phenomena. 

To create the interest in students and the general public towards Astronomy and to propagate Science St.Philomena Amateur Astronomy Club came in to existence.

Objective :   

Bringing the Sky to Land - Kindle the interest in students and General Public towards Astronomy for Scientific and the  Rational Thinking.

Functioning :

·      Organizing Sky watch Programs

·      Conducting Guest Lectures

·      Organizing Workshop/Seminar

·      Conducting Astrophotography

·      Organizing the program during the special events such as Solar and Lunar Eclipses, Appearance of Comets, Planetary  occultation

 ·         Conducting Programs at School and Colleges – Science Popularization

·         Creating Astronomy related Audio-video Contents

ABOUT SKY WATCHER HEQ5 PRO

Astronomers use telescopes because they are much better than our eyes. The College has a telescope of model Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Pro which is used for long exposure deep sky astrophotography. This Sky-Watcher computerized mount includes a user-friendly menu which allows the observer to automatically slew to 42,900+ celestial objects. The telescope is located in the Department of Physics and is extensively used by the Physics fraternity of the College and amateur astronomers of the Puttur along with the general public.

WHAT WE DO

Astronomy observation

Observation lessons will involve using a telescope to observe the moon, nebulae, planets like Saturn, and other celestial objects.

Astro-photography

Astrophotography Afocal photography appears to the outsider to be the most reasonable option: if you're looking through a telescope's eyepiece, why wouldn't you direct a camera into it?......

OutReach Programs

In the past, we've planned a number of events for the general public by erecting telescopes, giving bystanders a better viewpoint.

Astronomy Club
Dr A P Radhakrishna
President
Vice-Principal
Head
Associate Professor
[email protected] 9449207670
Dr K Chandrashekar
Member
Associate Professor
Head, Dept of Physics
[email protected] 9743824251
Vipin Naik N S
Secretary
Coordinator
Assistant Professor
[email protected] 9844866963
Abhishek Suvarna
Member
Assistant Professor
[email protected] +919741378422

Glimpses of the activities
Sky Watch Programme
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2022-10-25th
Watching the Partial Solar Eclipse through the Telescope

2021-12-10th
Sky watch programme

2020-06-9th
Stellar Evolution and Structure of Galaxies Webinar Report

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