3. Planetariums Planetariums have long been playing a crucial role in refining the astronomical concepts of the people of India. The country now has fifty five planetariums. The highest number of planetariums, which is six, is in Gujarat, Maharashtra and West Bengal. Next to them are Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh having four planetariums. Bihar and Assam have three planetariums, while Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Punjab and Telangana have two planetariums. Other states like Goa, Haryana, Manipur, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Sikkim have one planetarium. The states which do not operate any planetarium are ten, namely, Arunachal Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura …show more content…
In 2006, Council of Science and Technology of the Govt. of Uttar Pradesh opened Veer Bahadur Singh Planetarium, a 17.5m dome with Digistar 3 projector of Evans & Sutherland, USA. In 2007, NCSM, on behalf of Council of Science and Technology of the Govt. of Haryana established Kalpana Chawla Memorial Planetarium in Kurukshetra. The 12m dome planetarium has a Spitz 1024 projector along with SciDome HB digital system. Yashwantrao Chavan Planetarium, a 10m dome planetarium with a Digistar 3 projector was opened in Nashik in 2007. Puspa Gujral Science City in Kapurthala also installed Digistar 3 along with Astrovision Ultra 70 of Goto in its 23m dome Space Theatre in 2008. Three planetariums were opened in 2009. NCSM had set up a 5m fibre glass dome planetarium in Regional Science Centre, Guwahati where a Hal-X2 Omnifocus projector manufactured by The Elumenati, USA was used. Asha Kiran Planetarium set up by Hukkeri family in Belgaum has a 12m dome with a Spherical Mirror System from Discovery Dome, USA. In 2009, Surat Municipal Corporation opened a 14.3m dome planetarium in Surat Science Centre, using the Digistar 3 projection system. In 2010, NCSM opened 8m dome planetariums in its three units – North Bengal Science Centre, Siliguri; District Science Centre, Gulbarga; and District Science Centre, Tirunelveli. While planetarium at Siliguri has a Digistar 3 system, other two centres are having SX3-MK II Full Dome systems from Immersive Display, UK. NCSM’s District Science Centre at Dharampur too installed a SX3-MK II Full Dome system in an 8m dome planetarium in 2011. In the same year Dept of Science and Technology of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep opened a 10m dome planetarium in Kavaratti using a Megastar-IIB Star Ball of Ohira Tech. Ltd., Japan, along with Definity Theater of SkySkan, USA. Two planetariums were established in 2012. Council of Science and Technology of the Govt.
MIT technology review article “India's Space Ambitions Soar” by mark Williams on July 30, 2007 http://www.technologyreview.com/news/408323/indias-space-ambitions-soar/
Now that Pluto is no longer included, how many planets are there left in the Solar System?
Galaxy Science Centre (GSC) is a non-profit organization, every dime it spends should be used according to their goal. The goal of GSC is to educate the general public, to support the science programs of local schools and to provide a science centre for the municipality. Therefore, the most amount of budget should be allocated to the Public relation department. The Public relation department is responsible...
There’s been a very strong theory put out recently. It shows that when both Mars and Earth were very young, and creating microbial life, an asteroid hit Mars. So violently in fact that it ejected some of Mars back into space with it. Eventually landing on Earth the surviving Mars bacterium merged with our microbial ancestors to form DNA, the very building blocks of life. This really shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. In all actuality it solidifies the notion that we were born to return to the stars. From a young age we are always looking up eyes wide. So why is it that now, after billions of years, we have opposition against the one government program who’s sole intention is to take us there.
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1. Natural and cultural diversity : India has a rich cultural heritage. The "unity in diversity" tag attracts most tourists. The coastlines, sunny beaches, backwaters of Kerala, snow capped Himalayas and the quiescent lakes are incredible.
For quite some time, life on earth has been nothing but peaches and cream for several people and because of people who live a non-sustainable life, it has left others with an indistinct outlook on earth’s future. Sustainability to me is doing things that will help prevent harmful things from happening to the environment now and in the future. With the support of the sustainability and more quality ways of living, the Earth Charter is gradually introduced. Through key research I will explain what the Earth Charter is and why it was founded, describe one of its four parts along with the goals and overarching philosophy, and share the impact it has on my life now and in the future.
India, the second highest populated country in the world after China, with 1.27 billion people currently recorded to be living there and equates for 17.31% (India Online Pages 2014) of the world's population, but is still considered a developing country due to it’s poverty and illiteracy rates. As these nations continue to grow at rates that are too fast for resources to remain sustainable, the government’s in these areas wi...
India is the seventh largest country by total land area, the second most populous country with over 1.2 billion people. Indian cuisine concludes a varieties of regional cuisines. Since India has 29 states and 7 union territories, each and every state has a unique cuisine and different food choice. Indian cuisine has a ridicules amount of spices, hurts, fruits and vegetables. The cuisine was heavily influenced by culture and even vegetarians. Food in India Various packaged or processed foods, including cake, cookies, candies, chocolate, yogurt and marshmallows, often contain unfamiliar animal ingredients, and may be a special concern for vegetarians due to the likelihood
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...mits information from and to the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The telescope also has two main computers that manage the commands of pointing the telescope and other functions. Goddard sends the data to the Space Telescope Science Institute to analyze it.
Space tourism involves travelling in to the space by people for leisure, adventure or investment by established space tourism businesses. It is an expensive undertaking that satisfies the curiosity of people regarding how the space looks like. Virgin Galactic is one of the emerging companies that have taken advantage of the new investment opportunity. Space environment on the other hand is likely to be affected by space tourism due to the black carbon emitted by the rockets involved in space tourism. This paper analyses space tourism and space environment in modern day. It highlights the relationship between modern technology and space tourism. It also talks about how the space is related to astronomy and the efforts by scientists to promote space tourism.
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