Nehru Planetarium

Nehru Planetariums are the five

Nehru

was born.

The Nehru Planetarium in New Delhi is situated on the grounds of

to space, along with his space suit and mission journal.

The Sky Theatre shown at Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium are very popular and attracts more than 200,000 visitors per year. The sky theatre is a dome shaped theatre. It shows information on constellations and planets. Visuals such as cartoons, paintings, computer animations, video clippings and special effects are liberally used in the programmes at the sky theatre.

The planetarium was reopened in September 2010, after renovations worth Rs. 11 crore, ahead of the

Queen's Baton. It now has 'Definiti optical star projector "Megastar" that can show 2 million stars.^[2] It also sets up old telescopes, projection boxes and solar filters at its premises at major solar eclipses.^[3]^[4]

Image Gallery

Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi

Entrance Stone
Entrance Wall
Entrance Gate
Antriksha Master Projector
Soyuz T-10 used by Rakesh Sharma & others
Gallery
Main Gallery
Main Gallery with some spectators
A Quote Stone
Space Suit used by Ravish Malhotra

References

^ "Features" on Press Information Bureau of India
^ "Nehru Planetarium ready to receive the Queen's Baton". The Hindu. 30 September 2010. Archived from the original on 12 October 2010.
^ "Nehru Planetarium all set for the eclipse [". The Hindu. 22 July 2009. Archived from the original on 26 July 2009.
^ "Children throng Nehru Planetarium for glimpse of eclipse". The Times of India. 16 January 2010. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011.

External links

[1] "Features" on Press Information Bureau of India

[2] "Nehru Planetarium ready to receive the Queen's Baton". The Hindu. 30 September 2010. Archived from the original on 12 October 2010.

[3] "Nehru Planetarium all set for the eclipse [". The Hindu. 22 July 2009. Archived from the original on 26 July 2009.

[4] "Children throng Nehru Planetarium for glimpse of eclipse". The Times of India. 16 January 2010. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011.

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