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The planetarium show is normally held the first Wednesday of every month. Called "The Sky Tonight" and hosted by the Fleet's astronomer-in-residence, it focuses on the current appearance of the sky or on current topics in astronomy. It is followed by free outdoor telescope viewing courtesy of the San Diego Astronomy Association. [25]
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 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.
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.
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 ...
The kids take a trip to the Moon and learn that falling asteroids probably created all the craters on the Moon’s surface. "Backyard Moon Base": Led by Sydney, the kids build a Moon base in Jet’s backyard and use their imaginations to figure out what challenges they would need to overcome in order to live on the Moon.
The app can show the map of the night sky in the past and future. In the iOS version, the app uses the camera for the augmented reality feature, combining the image data from the camera with the star map to give the user a real-time view of celestial objects.