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The Sky at Night, a monthly television show on astronomy produced by the BBC; SkyWeek, a weekly television show on astronomy; The Sky Above Us, a television show on astronomy; StarDate, a daily syndicated radio show highlighting upcoming celestial events; White House Astronomy Night
Inside a planetarium projection hall. (Belgrade Planetarium, Serbia) Inside the same hall during projection. (Belgrade Planetarium, Serbia) A planetarium (pl.: planetariums or planetaria) is a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navigation. [1 ...
The planetarium organises a special show on every second Saturday of month to view the night sky from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Under Part II Scheme for the year 2011–2012, the state government has sanctioned an amount of ₹ 1.5 million for the modernisation of the planetarium by providing six-segment multimedia projection system.
The Fleet Science Center is a science museum and planetarium in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. [1] Established in 1973, it was the first science museum to combine interactive science exhibits with a planetarium and an IMAX Dome (OMNIMAX) theater, setting the standard that most major science museums follow today. [2]
He also launched a new planetarium show, Tour of the Night Sky, that included a series of 'best-of' clips hosted by Sir Patrick himself. [33] Sir Patrick Moore Planetarium. A full dome planetarium which is used to project a variety of immersive shows many of which are created by NSC Creative who are based at the National Space Centre.
Live Show: Cosmos 360 uses the planetarium's digital system to view the night sky. The guided tour includes in-depth views of planets, constellations and other current astronomical events. The show is updated to reflect seasonal night skies. A complete schedule and listing of daily shows as well as current show times can be found at the center ...
A planetarium will show the orbital period of each planet and the rotation rate, as shown in the table above. A tellurion will show the Earth with the Moon revolving around the Sun. It will use the angle of inclination of the equator from the table above to show how it rotates around its own axis.
KStars is a free and open-source planetarium program built using the KDE Frameworks. It is available for Linux, BSD, macOS, and Microsoft Windows. A light version of KStars is available for Android devices. It provides an accurate graphical representation of the night sky, from any location on Earth, at any date and time.