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Nehru
Planetarium in Delhi to reopen Friday
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 12:36:41 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
The Nehru Planetarium in Delhi, which was closed for renovation
since April, will open for public from Friday, just two days ahead
of the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games.
The planetarium, renovated at a cost of Rs. 11 crore, will be
inaugurated by Nehru Memorial Museum and Library executive council
chairman Karan Singh.
It will run several programmes during the Games to attract
visitors.
"There are a number of interesting activities that will be made
available to visitors at the planetarium during the Commonwealth
Games. An exciting interactive exhibition has been installed in
the planetarium foyer area by the National Council of Science
Museums," Nehru Planetarium director N. Rathnasree said Wednesday.
"The planetarium will be conducting live interactive shows for the
visitors at specific times during Oct 3-14. One segment of these
live shows will be aimed towards astronomy education and
celebrating the skies, while a second segment of the live shows
will be celebrating the city of Delhi."
Several other fun-filled activities are also planned at the
planetarium during the mega sporting event. An interaction session
with the first Indian in space, Rakesh Sharma, is also planned at
the planetarium later this month.
Explaining the new features at the planetarium, Rathnasree said:
"We have put up a new Definition Optical star projector, called
MEGASTAR, which can show two million stars, including a detailed
Milky Way image."
"The nearby galaxies are visible with such detail that they are
best viewed with binoculars. Working with the optical projector, a
stunning new Definition digital projection system takes audiences
on fantastic journeys to the edge of the known universe," she
said.
Nehru Planetarium will run some new shows -- 'Chandra : A Stellar
Life', 'Ultimate Universe', 'Dawn of Space Age' and 'Awesome
Light'.
The planetarium, housed in the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML)
complex at Teen Murti Marg, was closed in April for a period of
six months to carry out renovation work. The renovation work was
carried out by the National Council of Science Museums, Kolkata.
Opened in 1984, Nehru Planetarium runs programmes aimed at
astronomy education.
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