Birla Planetarium

Birla Planetarium in Kolkata is a large planetarium near the Government of India tourist office providing a virtual tour of the stars and the solar system. The Birla Planetarium is also present at the center of Hyderabad city, on the small hill known as Naubat Pahad. It was inaugrated by the Late Mr. N.T. Rama Rao, on 8 September 1985. This planetarium displays and demonstrates the advances in science and technology. There is another Birla Planetarium in Chennai.

The planetariums holds sky shows everyday at different timings in different languages. The show covers the various aspects of the cosmos, space, galaxies, comets, The Hubble Space Telescope, eclipses, the mysterious Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO's) and the recent clash of the Titans.

The visitors are transported into a new world, as they watch a large dome of an open sky, full of shining stars looking down upon them. With excellent sound effects added upon them gives a feel of being in outer space. The show lasts about 35 minutes.

The Dinosorium is a new addition to the planetarium in Hyderabad, a wing which exhibits a 160 million years old mounted "Kotasaurus Yamanpalliensis", excavated in Adilabad district and presented to Science Museum by the Geological Survey of India. The Dinosaurium also has a collection of smaller fossils of dinosaur eggs, marine shells and fossilised tree trunks etc.

B.M. Birla Planetarium (Hyderabad) Shows

*English: 11:30AM, 4PM, 6PM
*Telugu: 12:15PM, 3PM, 5PM, 6:45PM
*Hindi: 7:30PM

External links

* [http://www.birlasciencecentre.org/planetarium/planetaruim.html B.M. Birla Planetarium, Hyderabad]
* [http://www.birlasciencecentre.org/birlascience_centre/science_centre.html B.M. Birla Science Centre]