Indo Italian Astronomy Fortnight
From Galileo to Modern Frontiers
Press Release for the Indo Italian Astronomy Fortnight
Press Reports on the Indo Italian Astronomy Fortnight
Prior to the Fortnight
The Indo Italian Astronomy Fortnight
An evening with Music, Art and Astronomy : Inauguration of the Indo Italian Astronomy Fortnight : at the Nehru Planetarium, at 5 PM on the 16th of November.
Physics and Astrophysics in the vicinity of Compact Objects : Workshop on the 18th of November, at the Delhi University
Galileoscope Videoconference? : on the 20th and 27th of November, To be held at the Vigyan Prasar Edusat centers.
Journey Though the Galaxy? : Public Lecture by Prof. Tomaso Belloni, at the Nehru Planetarium, at 5PM on the 21st of November.
Chandra : The journey of a star? : Screening of a film on Chandrasekhar, written by Guiseppe Mussarab and directed by Enrico Agapito, at the Nehru Planetarium, on the 29th of November, at 11:30 AM. Screening of Two and Two a film by Gopal Sharman, feturing interviews of Nobel Laureate Chandrashekhar. For discussions and question answer session on the works of Chandrasekhar, will be present Prof. P. Das Gupta and Prof. Amitabh Mukherjee, Departmemnt of Physics and Astrophysics, Delhi University
Galileo by Bertold Brecht? Screening of the play at the Akshara Theatre on the 28th of November
Hindi Documentary on Galileo? A film made by Vigyan Prasar, to be screened at the Nehru Planetarium, from the 15th of November to the 30th of November.
Galileo : A film by Liliana Cavani At the auditorium of Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, on the 1st of December 2009, at 6 PM.
Galileoscope Nights? : In the months of November and December - a festival of Moon and Jupiter observations and sketching by children, using Galileoscopes - to be conducted at a number of schools and community centres in Delhi.
Collaborators
Italian Embassy
Italian Cultural Centre
Delhi University
Nehru Planetarium, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library
Vigyan Prasar
Fondazione Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia-Cineteca Nazionale
La Fenice Theatre (Venice)
The Anad Foundation
Prof. Toni Hildebrandt, University of Vienna
Supported through skywatch and telescope assembly activities
Science Popularisation Association of Communicators and Educators (S.P.A.C.E.)
Amateur Astronomers Association, Delhi