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Birla Planetarium Sightseeing - in Kolkata by jackson curry
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Birla planetarium located in Kolkata, India is one of the largest museums in Asia. This Museum was established in the year 1962. It was Birla Education Trust who took initiative and tried hard for the establishment of this wonderful center of science, communication & environment. It is situated at the Eastern metropolitan bypass of Calcutta. Birla planetarium is an amazing opportunity for the visitors to know more about space. It has interesting programs that can satisfy your curiosity about various galaxies, solar system, and life span of stars, space, planets and other heavenly bodies. These programs are arranged in the most interactive manner via audio video aids so that it can be easily understood by all people in general. The lectures here are presented in multi-languages such as English, Hindi, and Bengali and occasionally in Oriya, Tamil & Gujarati. The star shows are slow moving, thickly accented introductions to the night sky. Loosely styled on the Buddhist stupa located at Sarnath the architecture of Birla Planetarium is typical Indian which is a single storied circular edifice. It is a must see place for those interested in astronomy. The astronomy gallery here has a huge collection of fine paintings & celestial models of renowned astronomers. It can be an opportunity to feel motivated and explore science outdoors. To be precise the MP Birla Planetarium in Kolkata came into existence on 29 th September 1962. It was officially opened to the public only on 2nd July, 1963 with an inaugural address by Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru. At that time it was first of its kind in entire country. Since its establishment, it has been a great asset for the common people as well as the students in understanding various obscure phenomenons that take place in the space. Various projects that have been undertaken by MP Birla Planetarium in Kolkata are a total of 350 projects concerned with Astro-physics, Celestial Mechanics, History of astronomy, Astronomy, Mythology concerning the stars, Eclipses, Many more celestial events. This Planetarium lies close to the Maidan and Victoria Memorial and conducts different programmes targeted at children of all ages. They also conduct evening courses that are absolutely free covering many important topics like the earth, the moon, spectroscopy, refraction, telescopes, Droppler effect, eclipses, the sun, stellar classification, galaxies, hubble diagram, peculiar extragalactic phenomenon, life forms in universe and many other versatile topics. Various courses offered at the MP Birla Planetarium in Kolkata include Post-Graduate Diploma course in Astronomy and Planetarium Sciences and M.Phil course in Astronomy and Planetarium Sciences. Armed with a telescope named Celestron C-14, Solar Filter, STD CCD Camera and other accessories another course is available. They also publish a journal called 'Journal of the MP Birla Planetarium' every quarter. For More Info: Birla Planetarium Kolkata and Places to Visit in Kolkata
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