Your first night-sky camp: what to pack
Warm layers, a red torch and no white light after 8 pm.
What a child can see with a small telescope
The Moon, Jupiter’s moons and Saturn’s rings are all visible from a city rooftop.
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Notes from Chukki Space Academy
Guides, care tips and stories from behind the counter.
Why we teach robotics with a soldering iron
Block coding is a good start; wiring a circuit yourself is where it clicks.
Binoculars, refractor or reflector: a first telescope for a child
What each kind shows, what it costs, and why we often suggest binoculars before any telescope.
The sky over Bengaluru, season by season
Orion in winter, Scorpius in summer and the meteor showers worth staying up for, month by month.
Building a 76 mm reflector in two Sundays
Mirrors, a tube and a lot of careful alignment: how children build the telescope they take home.
Dark-sky spots within a drive of Bengaluru
How far you need to go to escape the city’s glow, and what to expect at each distance for a family night out.
Does my child need to be good at maths for robotics?
A common worry among parents, and what our robotics classes actually ask of children aged 8 to 16.
What happens in a free trial class
Sixty minutes on a Saturday: what your child does, what parents see, and how we suggest a batch afterwards.
What an ₹8,500 night-sky camp fee covers
Transport, food, tents, telescopes and mentors for two nights near Kanakapura, line by line.
Clear-sky alerts for parents.
We message you when the sky is clear enough for a rooftop night, about twice a month.