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Children's Fortnight 2011

November 15th - 30th : A fortnight of Astronomy experiences at the planetarium for young visitors

Every year, celebrating the birthday of Jawaharlal Nehru, the planetarium offers a fortnight of astronomy experiences for school students. The major elements for the fortnight celebrations are usually a newly prepared topical planetarium program made available for school bookings and the public shows, interspersed with interesting astronomy activities, workshops and skywatch events.

This year, there are a number of full length planetarium programs as well as short topical programs available for viewing. The program and schedule for the Children's Fortnight 2011 is given below:

Special school shows and student concessional groups in public shows will be reserved only after complete payment. A request letter addressed to Director, Nehru Planetarium, on the school letterhead is necessary for the booking.

Public Shows

Ticket Rates : Rs. 50/- per head. 4-12 years Rs. 30/- per head. Student group concession for minimum 25 people at Rs. 20/- per head.

Astronaut in English, at 11:30 AM

Ultimate Universe in Hindi, at 1:30 PM

Yeh Tara, Woh Tara : An alert on light pollution in English, at 3:00 PM

Chandra : A stellar life in Hindi, at 4:00 PM

School Shows

Booking Rates : Rs. 5000/- for full sky theater booking for 250 people.

Available shows which can be booked in advance for 9:30 AM, 10:30 AM, and 12:30 PM:

Chandra : A stellar Life - in English and Hindi

Ultimate Universe - In English and Hindi

Yeh Tara, Woh Tara : An alert on light pollution - In English

Astronaut - In English

Awesome Light - In English

New Solar System - In English and Hindi

Live Shows

The programs involve live discussions on the listed topics utilising all the display facilities of the planetarium.

Booking Rates : Rs. 5000/- for full sky theater booking for 250 people.

Available shows which can be booked in advance for 9:30 AM, 10:30 AM, and 12:30 PM:

Constellations

Moon

Our Universe

Special short shows At 2:15 PM every day. Duration 10-15 minutes

Ticket Rates : Rs. 20/- per head. Student group concession for minimum of 25 people at Rs. 10/- per head.

Nehru's vision of Space

Story of Pluto

Transit of Venus

In addition, there maybe small topical shows related to the very latest astronomy events and discoveries

Activities and workshops

Registration required for all activities and workshops. Mail to nehruplanetarium@gmail.com to register.

Maximum number of participants can be 20

Art and Astronomy workshop 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM on the 16th, 23rd and 30th of November.

Sun observations with simple equipment 11:30 AM 12:30 PM on the 17th and 24th of November

Constellation Making 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM on the 20th and 27th of November

Matka Planetarium 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM on the 18th and 25th of November

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