Sky theater session at nehru Planetarium, 16.01.2020

Greetings! Nehru Planetarium, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, is providing an opportunity for students to attend a sky theater Astronomy session at the planetarium, on Thursday, the 16th of January 2020, at 5 PM. The session will have discussions “under the stars” inside the sky theater, and would cover basic positional Astronomy onwards to glimpses of cutting edge multiwavelength/multimessenger Astronomy where we are now poised in our understanding of the Universe. The discussions will be for basic awareness. We request you to bring this to the notice of students. They can send a mail to nehruplanetarium@gmail.com and be there at the planetarium by 5 PM on the 16th.

Interested students are also urged to see the website http://vigyansamagam.in/ to know about some of the cutting edge mega projects in Astronomy. Students can register as volunteers at https://bit.ly/2ufCViz . Some students may have already registered as a potential volunteer in an exciting exhibition in this connection, which will be at the National Science Center, Delhi from the 21st of January to the 18th of March 2020. This will be a tremendous learning opportunity to the students, if selected for volunteering for any of the megaprojects.

Universe in the Dome Sunday, 12.01.2020

Dear Astro Enthusiast,

Nehru Planetarium, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, invites you to a half day sky theatre Astronomy session at the planetarium, on Sunday, the 12th of January 2020, from 9:30 – 11:30 AM. The session will have discussions “Under the Stars” inside the sky theatre, and would cover basic positional Astronomy onwards to glimpses of cutting edge multi-wavelength/multi-messenger astronomy where we are now poised in our understanding of the Universe. The discussions will be for basic awareness. Please send a mail to nehruplanetarium@gmail.com and be there at the planetarium by 9:15 AM on the 12th.

Interested students and visitors are urged to see the website http://vigyansamagam.in/ to know about some of the cutting edge mega projects in Astronomy. Students should also register on the site (if not done already), if they wish to be a volunteer in an exciting exhibition in this connection, which will be at the National Science Center, Delhi from the 21st of January to the 18th of March 2020. This will be a tremendous learning opportunity to the students, if selected for volunteering for any of the megaprojects.