YPS Meet | Feb 3 | 6:30 PM | State Youth Centre

Did you shoot Supermoon and Blood Moon? Were you interested in shooting such pictures and want to try ? Have you always wondered how the Milky-way and Star Trail pictures are shot? If so, you should not miss this program.

Meet Keerthi Kiran

“A hobby astronomer who walked into the allure of this infinity drawn by the twinkling blanket of stars” is what Shri. Keerthi Kiran describes himself as. A Tech Lead in Aptiv, a software company, he was drawn into Astrophotography a mesmerizing image album of star constellations that he saw in a magazine in 2010.

He has conducted several workshops at Bangalore Astronomical Society on Astrophotography. He is presently the Secretary of BAS. He also conducts Science Awareness sessions at Rural Schools and public. He has featured in several local news channels in science discussions. He also writes blogs on Astronomy in Kannada targeted at school kids and teachers. His images have been featured in many newspapers.

He has traveled widely in pursuit of stars. He goes to the Himalayas every year in search of the dark skies to do astrophotography.

Here is a great Discussion with KK on Astrophotography that everyone would find interesting.