Attractions Of Kurukshetra: Kalpana Chawla planetarium

Kalpana Chawla planetarium:

flickr: The Kalpana Chawla Memorial Planetarium 

Short Overview:

The Kalpana Chawla Memorial Planetarium is dedicated to Dr. Kalpana Chawla, the famous astronaut from Haryana. The planetarium is the center of awareness and education in science and technology. Hundreds of visitors come to the planetarium every day. High end technological equipment is used to run the shows that display the scientific development of India. In depth information about the universe is explained in the shows.The planetarium has a seating capacity of 120 people and its main attractions are Astronomy shows, Exhibition galleries, Astro Park. 

Long Overview:

flickr:The Kalpana Chawla Memorial Planetarium 

Kalpana Chawla planetarium is dedicated to nation & Dr. Kalpana Chawlain in July 2007 by Honorable Chief Minister of Haryana, Shri Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Since then, it imparts non formal learning in astronomy to the people having interest in this subject, particularly the students. The planetarium is surrounded by plush green areas and it has been developed as an interesting tourist place.The outer area of planetarium called as Astro Park and its inside has many programs and exhibits that offer comprehensive information on universe and astronomical sciences.

It has seating capacity of 120 persons. Entire planetarium is centrally air conditioned with back up provided by 200KV generator.State-of-the-art equipments in this planetarium are imported from USA.This sophisticated planetarium has special Splitz Display system, opto mechanical projection along with digital dome video display. 

This unique equipment placed inside 12 meter dome of planetarium takes you thousands of year earlier or later in history to understand the vision of night sky in any period. There are special features including Walk through Time, Weight on Different Planets, World Time, Seasons on Earth, Our Solar System, Astro Quiz, Beyond Solar System, Our Address in Universe, etc. Astro Park of planetarium has quite interesting exhibits like sundial, world time, samrat yantra, optical tree, celectial umbrella, planetrack, turn faster, totems of time, eclipses, etc. These interactive exhibits enrich the knowledge about various phenomenons of our earth and solar system at large.


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