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Asteroid '2008 GO20' will go past earth on July 25, no need to panic: Seni
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 24 (ANI): Amid reports that an asteroid of the size of four football fields is hurtling towards earth but will fly past, Dr Suvendu Pattnaik, Deputy Director of Pathani Samanta Planetarium here said that there is no need to panic as the same asteroid has f
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Bhubaneswar witnesses 'zero shadow day', a rare celestial event
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 22 (ANI): The residents of Bhubaneswar witnessed a 'zero shadow day', a celestial event, in the city yesterday.
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'Solar eclipse can help scientists understand Moon's topology'
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): The first solar eclipse of the year also known as the "ring of fire" eclipse seen in parts of India on Sunday could help scientists understand the topology of the moon, through pictures according to Dr N Rathnasree, Director of Nehru Planetarium here.
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Maximum visibility of solar eclipse in Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and Haryana,
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): A few regions like Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and Haryana will witness maximum visibility of the solar eclipse, which takes place on Sunday.
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Gujarat will see solar eclipse with 72 pc visibility, says Scientist
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], June 21 (ANI): Gujarat will witness the solar eclipse with only 72 percent visibility on Sunday. Unlike other years, people would not be able to view the annular solar eclipse from an observatory or a planetarium amid the COVID-19 induced guidelines.
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People can view annular solar eclipse from home on Sunday: Experts
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): Unlike before, people would not be able to view the annular solar eclipse on Sunday from an observatory or a planetarium as large gatherings are prohibited in the wake of COVID-19. However, Nandivada Rathnasree, director at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Libr
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Jaipur to witness 2020's first partial solar eclipse
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], June 20 (ANI): Jaipur will witness a partial solar eclipse on Sunday, starting from 10:15 am till 1:44 pm, however, this time there will be no arrangement to show the eclipse in BM Birla Planetarium campus here due to COVID-19 crisis, said Sandip Bhattacharya, Ass
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'Solar eclipse on June 21 will be annular eclipse'
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 20 (ANI): The Deputy Director of Pathani Samanta Planetarium, Bhubaneswar, S Pattnaik on Friday said that the solar eclipse on June 21 will be an annular eclipse.
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For students in Nepal, solar eclipse was hands-on experience
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Dec 26 (ANI): Students from various Nepali schools and varsities flocked Kathmandu's BP Koirala Memorial Planetarium, Observatory and Science Museum on Thursday as the observatory had made special arrangements to view the solar eclipse through a telescope directly.
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Bhubaneswar: CM Patnaik felicitates winners of Young Astronomer Talent Sea
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Dec 14 (ANI): Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday felicitated top 20 winners of the Young Astronomer Talent Search (YATS) 2019-20 at a function held here in Pathani Samanta Planetarium.
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Birla Planetarium Director Duari lauds ISRO for locating Vikram Lander
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Sept 9 (ANI): Lauding the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for locating Vikram Lander on the lunar surface, MP Birla Planetarium Director Debiprasad Duari stated that the space agency has completed a complex task and would be now trying to establish c
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Chandrayaan-2's moon landing: A historic moment, says Nehru Planetarium di
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] Sept 6 (ANI): Expressing his delight over Chandrayaan-2's landing on the surface of the moon, Nehru Planetarium's director Arvind Pranajape on Friday said that it is going to be a historic moment and will open doors for many new findings.
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