Watch Rare Green Comet Passing Near Earth, At A Special Event by Starscapes

On-demand special shows will be held across all Starscapes observatories over the next two weeks

Starscapes, India's leading Astro tourism company, will be organising on-demand special viewing events for the rare green comet that will be passing near Earth.

The viewing events will take place over the next two weeks at Starscapes Observatories in Kausani, Bhimtal, Mukteshwar, and its mobile observatories located at St Regis in Goa and Club Mahindra in Coorg, Virajpet, Munnar, Goa, and Pondicherry The sessions will be led by experienced Starscapes Starguides who will provide information and answer any questions about the comet.

The comet, named Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) will be visible to the naked eye and is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for astronomy enthusiasts. Comet C/2022 E3(ZTF) is a rare and stunning spectacle, with a distinctive greenish hue and a broad dust tail. The vibrant streaks of green will stand out in stark contrast against the backdrop of the dark night sky, making for an unforgettable viewing experience. This comet orbits the sun every 50,000 years. The comet reaches its closest point to Earth, known as perigee, on February 1st. As a result, the best visibility of the comet will be over the next two weeks, typically around 3AM.

Commenting on this, Paul Savio, CEO and Co-Founder, Starscapes, said, “ This is a rare and spectacular sight and it’s a great opportunity for everyone to experience celestial magic. We will be organising on-demand shows and we encourage everyone to come out and see it”

To book shows, visit: https://starscapes.zone/observatory/ or call 9667307015

Freight Services Marketplace Comet Raises Funding from India Quotient, Rajul Garg and BlackBuck Founders

Comet, a first-of-its-kind marketplace for international freight services, has raised an undisclosed amount in a seed funding round. The investment was lead by India Quotient, the Mumbai-based early stage VC fund. Marquee investor Rajul Garg and founders of BlackBuck —Rajesh Yabaji, Chanakya Hridaya, Ramasubramaniam B and Vishwanathan— have invested in their personal capacity. Other investors include, Dubai-based Nobel House, Sunstone Capital and serial entrepreneur cum angel investor Alok Mittal.

Comet was founded in June 2016 by Chitransh Sahai, Gautam Prem Jain, Ayush Lodhi, and Mehul Katiyar--young IIT-Delhi graduates—who co-founded and sold Plat to Housing.com in June 2015. Comet is a platform for international B2B freight service providers and clients, to manage everything—from booking containers to tracking and custom clearances—all from a single dashboard. It also takes the responsibility to manage all paperwork to ensure seamless end-to-end cargo delivery internationally, through roads, sea and air. The Comet marketplace offers clients, the best rates without hidden charges for international logistics and a technology-enabled system to move, track and manage their cargo across the globe. The company has already seen considerable traction in trade heavy routes like China-to-India and India-to-UAE.

Goods worth $18.7 trillion are moved across the globe every year. Out of this, India trades goods worth $700 billion. A lot of this cargo moves through ships.

“We are creating a centralized system which can coordinate international freight service providers, transport companies, CFS’s (Container freight stations) and customs operations. The idea is to bring down the opacity in the international freight management industry and thus improve time and cost efficiencies,” Co Founder Chitransh Sahai said. “The funding will help us build the team, technology and increase market penetration,” added Sahai.

Madhukar Sinha,Co Founder and Partner, India Quotient said, “International logistics is complex and there is need of transparency in this very large fragmented market. The problem statement was clear and the founder’s ambition to solve the customer experience in international trade using technology and automation got us to back them”.

Co-founders of BlackBuck, which aggregates trucks for inter-city transport, have made a strategic investment in Comet. “We are leaders in enabling customers and operators optimize their logistics, in the road transport business of India. Associating with Comet—which provides seamless global connectivity between road, sea and air—fits perfectly with our proposition of making logistics simple, effective and reliable,” Rajesh Yabaji, Co Founder of BlackBuck, said.