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    Astronomy based tourism in India: Spreading the love for stargazing

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    ​​Since the observatory is meant for scientific purposes and to help the locals earn an income, Angchuk and his colleagues distributed telescopes to the local community and trained them in stargazing, so that they can showcase the night sky to tourists. The tag of the dark sky reserve, he hopes, will increase footfall. In return, the team is in the process of persuading villagers to minimise light pollution by using curtains and shaded lights.

    On a short trip to Mukteshwar, Uttarakhand, in November to celebrate his birthday, Artur Sisodiya, 26, saw a sign for an observatory a few kilometres away from where he and his friends were staying. The young doctor was no astronomy enthusiast, but attracted by the hill station’s clear, star-studded night sky, they decided to try it out. “It was a beautiful, therapeutic experience” is how Sisodiya remembers the one-hour session of seeing the
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