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Site: November 16th - 30th

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

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