2.5.8 C.P. Srivastava Planetarium, Mumbai CP Srivastava Auditorium and Planetarium was inaugurated at Powai in Mumbai as a part of the Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. (SCI) in the year 1989. The SCI had started out as a marginal liner shipping company in the year 1961, with only 19 vessels. Over the years, it has prospered to evolve into the largest Indian Shipping company. Established for five decades now, SCI has diversified into a large number of areas like break-bulk services, international container services, liquid/dry bulk services, offshore services etc. In accordance with its trade and services, the SCI emphasizes strongly on training and retraining its personnel and so to meet such training requirements of fleet and shore personnel, …show more content…
Rajesh Pilot, Union Minister for Surface Transport along with Mr. C.P. Srivastava and the then CMD of the SCI. Capt. M.X. Correra, Master Mariner was selected to be the first Director of the Planetarium. The total built up area of the Auditorium and Planetarium is 668.45 sq. mts. The dome of the planetarium is about 8 meter in diameter and can seat 50 spectators for a single show. The planetarium instrument is a Carl Zeiss ZKP2 projector and worth around rupees 10 lakhs. Inner view of the planetarium Capt. B.B. Sinha, Director (P&A), MTI, currently heads the planetarium with a few staff members to look after the educational and technical tasks of the planetarium. Although established as part of the training institute, C.P. Srivastava Planetarium is not in operation during the last few years. We hope that it is soon opened up for the trainees along with an array of informative and descriptive galleries and exhibits to serve its original objective. C.P. Srivastava Auditorium and Planetarium, Shipping Corporation of India, Maritime Training Institute, 52 C.A.S. Marg, Powai, Mumbai - 400072,
Galaxy Science Centre (GSC) is a non-profit organization, every dime it spends should be used according to their goal. The goal of GSC is to educate the general public, to support the science programs of local schools and to provide a science centre for the municipality. Therefore, the most amount of budget should be allocated to the Public relation department. The Public relation department is responsible...
ISBN 978-0-8133-2985-7. Bicheno, Hugh. A. Midway. The. London: Orion Publishing Group, 2001 (reprint Cassell 2001 edition).
In 1935 the lands of Richmond Hill became home to the world’s second largest telescope. Jessie Donald Dunlap funded the David Dunlap observatory, DDO, in the memory of her husband Alexander Dunlap. These 189 acres of land were given as a gift to the University of Toronto. For years it has been a helping hand leading towards solar and lunar discoveries. July 2008, The University sold this to a company called Metrus. The DDO has been apart of the community for 76 years and without a doubt should be protected as a part their heritage and environment to be enjoyed by current and future generations. Not only is the observatory inscribed in Richmond Hill’s and Canada’s history, it is also an influential aspect in the environment and home to hundreds of species of animals and plant life. To take over the land and continue with development, surely the previously listed attributes will be lost.
The first observatory in the world was built in 825 in Baghdad (Iraq). Many followed years later in cities like Istanbul (Turkey), Rayy (Iran), Samarkand (Uzbekistan)and Tabriz (Iran). But in these observatories they didn’t only research about astronomy. They worked on subjects like chemistry, physics and medicine.
Osterbrook, D. E. (1999). Yerkes Observatory, 1892-1950 : The Birth, Near Death, and Resurrection of a Scientific Research Institution. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
In this lab, the object was to see what makes up a planet. With used rocks and other metal objects to find their densities and relate it back to planets makeups. Our results show that higher density, the more rock the object is made of.
have both a sense of the importance of the wilderness and space in our culture
This new rocket’s crew is being selected from the best scientists and astronauts in the country. This is first big breakthrough since Ball’s JPSS-1.
I've visited the Carnegie Museum of Natural History here in Pittsburgh. I decided to take a look at the Egyptian exhibit specifically the Walton wall of ancient Egypt. The exhibit it well put together and organized there's a lot of labeling and I'll plenty of different artifacts to see. They have a picture that shows you the chronology of ancient Egypt with the different periods and dynasties. This picture includes all of the dates so you can see what dynasties were alive in Egypt at what time and match it up with the artifacts that they have on the walls. This one picture is one of the most important and informative pieces in the entire exhibit. They also have many pieces that directly correlate with their everyday culture. This ranges anywhere
In chapter 18, we learned how to make reports. The NASA report that was provided is a great example of how to create an effective and persuasive recommendation report.
Cramer, Jennifer. Sophia Brahe lifestyle that helped map planets. Henry Buhl, Jr. Planetarium & Observatory, PA. Published, March 11, 2002. http://old.post-gazette.com/lifestyle/20020311kids0311P9.asp
Learning about another unknown planet seems interesting, especially when others may not know about the existence of anything other than the planet in which they live in. Sending valuable information aboard a spaceship onto outer space can help decipher how another planet looks like and if it there is a sign existence of life. If a spaceship from Earth sent materials over to another planet, such materials can give another person or “creature” an idea of where they came from. Those materials would contribute to the unmasking of the planet Earth would be, a human being, a smartphone, and a journal. The three elements would be a representation of the existence of planet Earth, its technological advancements, and as well as detailed information about Earth and its inhabitants.
It’s a task we at the National Air and Space Museum are uniquely qualified to do. But we can do it only with the support of passionate enthusiasts like you.
Nasa’s Chandra x-ray observatory was launched on July 23, 1999, and with a length of 45 feet is the largest satellite ever launched. The observatory was first proposed to NASA in 1976, funding began in 1977, and after more than 20 years it was finally launched into space. It was previously known as the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF), but after a contest in 1998 it was renamed to Chandra after Nobel-prize winning Indian-American astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. “Chandra's main mission is to teach us about the Universe that we live in which has indirect benefits, e.g. by inspiring students to take an interest in math and physics, or showing people how complicated and beautiful the Universe is.”(Chandra’s official website, faq)The Chandra x-ray Science Center (CXC) can be found in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Dr. Harvey Tananbaum is the Center’s director. The flight is directed by the Science Control Center that also executes the observing plan of the observatory, and receives the scientific data. The mission planning and service operations are the responsibility of Science Support. Chandra is the most sophisticated telescope in space and is used by scientists around the world. The observatory exists of three major parts, the x-ray telescope, the science instruments and the spacecraft. The electrical power required to operate the spacecraft and the instruments is 2 kilowatt that is how much it takes to operate a hair dryer. The Chandra observatory orbits up to an altitude of approximately 139,000km that is about a third of the distance to the moon and returns it to 16,000km away from the Earth. It takes Chandra 64 hours and 18 minutes to complete an orbit that is about two and a half days. In 1992 Chandra’s orbit ...
It is a gemstone nation along the Indian Ocean where tourism in Sri Lanka is rapidly adjusting to needs of the rising clients and a comprehensive range of things to offer to the international visitors. There are total of eight UNESCO world heritage sites, including some of the temples, telling the 3000 years’ history of ancient practices and all. Some of the names to include are Sigiriya, Anuradhapura, Dambulla Cave Temple, Dambulla, Kandy, Polonnaruwa, Sinharaja and colonial fortresses like Galle, Tricolomalee. Despite the popular attractions, it has also secured some of the wilderness for their tourists including some wild safari tours like Udawalawe National Park, Wilpattu National Wildlife Park, Ridiyagama Safari Park, Wasgamuwa National Park, and much more. You will get to see leopards, water buffaloes, several migratory birds, elephants, and a lot