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The Confederation of Indian Amateur Astronomer Association- CIAA - The Confederation was formed in the 4th All India Amateur Astronomers' Meet - Calcutta , on the January 22nd, 1994. The Confederation is a conglomeration of Amateur Astronomers and Amateur Astronomy Associations from all over India. It has a scientific advisory committee for support that is required in its projects and endeavours. Indian Amateur astronomers use the platform of CIAA for the use a range of instruments to study the sky, depending on a combination of their interests and resources. Methods include simply looking at the night sky with the naked eye, using binoculars, using a variety of telescopes of varying power and quality, as well as additional sophisticated equipment, such as cameras, to study light from the sky in both the visual and non-visual spectrum. Some people even focus on amateur telescope making as their primary interest within the hobby of amateur astronomy. The people gather who are interested in hunting to find a new comet or rock from space (meteorites) or are interested in Radio Astronomy . The Confederation plans for many ambitious projects in which Indian Amateur Astronomer can take part and contribute to the world of Amateur Astronomy. The Confederation has resource persons to conduct workshops on "Sky and Stars", "Sky Watching" and " Astronomy ", through slides, posters, photographs, video films, Telescopes , Binoculars and models. The Confederation publishes books and other materials relating to Sky watching, Solar Eclipse , Comets , Development of Astronomy and Popularization The Confederation of Indian Amateur Astronomer Association goals are spreading the message of Astronomy in the most interior part of the country (India). They also have appointed their regional representative and gather information on the other amateurs activities for better interaction. They conduct Annual Astronomy meet for the amateurs from all over the India of different Amateur astronomy associations. This meet is hosted by different Associations every year at different places. All amateurs are given a chance to present papers regarding any outstanding or unusual work they may have done in the vast field of Astronomy at these Meets. Indian Amateur astronomers also use maps that, depending on experience and intentions, may range from simple planispheres through to detailed maps of very specific areas of the night sky for getting involved in the projects like photographing the whole sky, the Messier Objects or observing the Occultation of the stars by the Moon, Asteroids etc. A range of astronomy software is available and used by amateur astronomers, including software that generates maps of the sky, software to assist with Astrophotography , and software to perform various calculations pertaining to astronomical phenomena.
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