Universe Matters
A Video Magazine of Astronomy Education from the Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi
During the months of May and June 2011 will be broadcast, the video magazine from the Nehru Planetarium, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi, as a part of the summer activities and workshops being held at the planetarium. Video magazine can be accessed at the link below. Next webcast at 11:30 AM on the 6th of May 2011.
Summer workshops in May will be aimed at beginning sky related activities for the very young, and some thrust towards amateur astronomy. June workshops will be for senior school and college students aimed at introduction to some professional astronomy topics.
May 2011
3rd May
Activities for school astronomy clubs : A halfday workshop for invited participants from schools
6th May
Webcast of the workshop Activities for school astronomy clubs : Webcast viewing and chat participation, open to all.
8th May
Constellation Watch - A half day workshop. Timings : 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Reporting time 10:15 AM. Registration open. Mail to nehruplanetarium@gmail.com or call 23014504 to register in the planetarium office.
11th May
Art and Astronomy : A half-day workshop for registered participants. Timings : 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Reporting time 10:15 AM. Registration open. Mail to nehruplanetarium@gmail.com or call 23014504 to register in the planetarium office.
A repeat and followup Webcast of the workshop Activities for school astronomy clubs : Webcast viewing and chat participation, open to all.
14th May
Art and Astronomy : A half-day workshop for registered participants. Timings : 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Reporting time 10:15 AM. Registration open. Mail to nehruplanetarium@gmail.com or call 23014504 to register in the planetarium office.
15th May
Constellation Watch - A half day workshop. Timings : 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Reporting time 10:15 AM. Registration open. Mail to nehruplanetarium@gmail.com or call 23014504 to register in the planetarium office.
18th May
Moon Carnival - A half day workshop. Timings : 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Reporting time 10:15 AM. Registration open. Mail to nehruplanetarium@gmail.com or call 23014504 to register in the planetarium office.
24th May
Assembling and using Galileoscopes - A half day workshop. Timings : 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Reporting time 10:15 AM. Registration open. Mail to nehruplanetarium@gmail.com or call 23014504 to register in the planetarium office.
24th May
Matka Planetarium - A half day workshop. Timings : 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM. Reporting time 10:15 AM. Registration open. Mail to nehruplanetarium@gmail.com or call 23014504 to register in the planetarium office.
(Further May activities and webcast details to be uploaded)
June 2011
In the month of June, a series of public lectures will be given at the planetarium, by research scientists in the fields of Astronomy and Astrophysics. Half day workshops will be woven around these public lectures, by sandwiching these lectures between sky theater sessions discussing the sky, locating interesting celestial objects from the lectures in the planetarium sky, and discussing possible learning projects for students in these areas. These lectures and the accompanying workshop activities will be webcast.
Tentative schedule and speakers for the June public lectures and workshops
(To be updated)
Archives
Youtube uploads of lecture segments from the Summer online series of lectures in Astronomy, organised by the Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi, in 2010