Popularly known as taramandal, the planetarium was inaugurated on 2 July 1963[4] by the then Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. It has an electronics laboratory for design and fabrication of science equipment. It has an astronomy gallery that maintains a huge collection of fine paintings and celestial models of renowned astronomers. The Planetarium also has an astronomical observatory equipped with a Celestron C-14 Telescope with accessories such as ST6 CCD camera and solar filter. It offers to the public and students more than 100 astronomical projects dealing with various facts of astronomy, astro-physics, Space Science as well as myths concerning stars and planets. It has a capacity of 6800.
Daily programs are conducted in English, Bengali and Hindi from 12:00 to 19:00 hrs. The show timing is as follows: Mon to Sat - 12.30 PM HINDI, 1.30 PM ENGLISH, 2.30 PM HINDI, 3.30 PM BENGALI, 4.30 PM HINDI, 5.30 PM BENGALI, 6.30 PM ENGLISH and two extra shows on Sunday and Holiday is 10.30 AM HINDI, 11.30 AM BENGALI (updated on 15.08.2017) Programs are occasionally conducted in Odiya, Tamil and Gujarati, as well.[5] Extra shows are arranged on holidays. The Planetarium was constructed by ML Dalmiya & Co. which is owned by Board of Control for Cricket in India former President late Jagmohan Dalmiya.
It reopened to public on 18 July 2017, after closing down for 28 months of renovations work. The new planetarium system for the Birla Planetarium is a so-called ZEISS Hybrid Planetarium, with the STARMASTER, an optical-mechanical planetarium projector (also called “Starball”) working in synch with a dome video display system. The Starball presents the most realistic starfield in the dome with superimposed images of constellation outlines, space objects like nebula and galaxies, planets and moons by the VELVET digital video system, called fulldome projection. The technical upgrade was delivered and installed by the German company Carl Zeiss AG.
^50 Glorious years of M.P. Birla Planetarium Kolkata 21 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine
^. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
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birla, planetarium, kolkata, birla, planetarium, officially, birla, planetarium, kolkata, west, bengal, india, single, storeyed, circular, structure, designed, typical, indian, style, whose, architecture, loosely, styled, buddhist, stupa, sanchi, situated, cho. The Birla Planetarium officially M P Birla Planetarium in Kolkata West Bengal India is a single storeyed circular structure designed in the typical Indian style whose architecture is loosely styled on the Buddhist Stupa at Sanchi 1 Situated at Chowringhee Road adjacent to the Victoria Memorial St Paul s Cathedral and the Maidan in Central Kolkata it is the largest planetarium in Asia 2 and the second largest planetarium in the world 3 There are two other Birla Planetariums in India B M Birla Planetarium in Chennai and the Birla Planetarium in Hyderabad M P Birla PlanetariumM P Birla Planetarium KolkataEstablished1963 60 years ago 1963 LocationNo 96 Jawaharlal Nehru Road Kolkata IndiaCoordinates22 32 43 92 N 88 20 42 70 E 22 5455333 N 88 3451944 E 22 5455333 88 3451944 Coordinates 22 32 43 92 N 88 20 42 70 E 22 5455333 N 88 3451944 E 22 5455333 88 3451944TypePlanetarium museumWebsitempbirlaplanetarium orgPopularly known as taramandal the planetarium was inaugurated on 2 July 1963 4 by the then Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru It has an electronics laboratory for design and fabrication of science equipment It has an astronomy gallery that maintains a huge collection of fine paintings and celestial models of renowned astronomers The Planetarium also has an astronomical observatory equipped with a Celestron C 14 Telescope with accessories such as ST6 CCD camera and solar filter It offers to the public and students more than 100 astronomical projects dealing with various facts of astronomy astro physics Space Science as well as myths concerning stars and planets It has a capacity of 6800 Daily programs are conducted in English Bengali and Hindi from 12 00 to 19 00 hrs The show timing is as follows Mon to Sat 12 30 PM HINDI 1 30 PM ENGLISH 2 30 PM HINDI 3 30 PM BENGALI 4 30 PM HINDI 5 30 PM BENGALI 6 30 PM ENGLISH and two extra shows on Sunday and Holiday is 10 30 AM HINDI 11 30 AM BENGALI updated on 15 08 2017 Programs are occasionally conducted in Odiya Tamil and Gujarati as well 5 Extra shows are arranged on holidays The Planetarium was constructed by ML Dalmiya amp Co which is owned by Board of Control for Cricket in India former President late Jagmohan Dalmiya It reopened to public on 18 July 2017 after closing down for 28 months of renovations work The new planetarium system for the Birla Planetarium is a so called ZEISS Hybrid Planetarium with the STARMASTER an optical mechanical planetarium projector also called Starball working in synch with a dome video display system The Starball presents the most realistic starfield in the dome with superimposed images of constellation outlines space objects like nebula and galaxies planets and moons by the VELVET digital video system called fulldome projection The technical upgrade was delivered and installed by the German company Carl Zeiss AG See also EditM P Birla Institute of Fundamental Research List of astronomical societies List of PlanetariumsPortals India Astronomy ScienceReferences Edit Kolkata Click India Archived 18 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Birla Planetarium plans show for students to mark its golden jubilee Archived from the original on 22 July 2011 Retrieved 29 July 2011 M P Birla Planetarium 50 Glorious years of M P Birla Planetarium Kolkata Archived 21 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine Visit to Birla Planetarium Archived from the original on 3 March 2016 Retrieved 29 July 2011 External links Edit Media related to Birla Planetarium Kolkata at Wikimedia Commons Official Website Kolkata Maidan travel guide from Wikivoyage Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Birla Planetarium Kolkata amp oldid 1122247024, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
