We are pleased to introduce ourselves as pioneers in planetarium technology. It is said that the future of mankind is out among the stars. It's time to educate our children about what lies beyond the skies.
These are standard and custom made full dome single fish-eye planetarium systems suitable for mobile as well as fixed domes for schools, colleges, science museums, science centres, fun parks and outreach..
These are full dome (no part of the sky missing) progressive and grade appropriate shows that are available in various languages for schools, colleges and general public...
These are progressive and grade appropriate astronomy books for schools (K-12) that are companion to the full dome planetarium shows and sky simulation scenarios...
We design, manufacture, sell and run Mobile and Fixed full dome Digital Planetariums. More than 5,000 schools and 1,000,000 students have participated in our various planetarium outreach programmes across India, Nepal and Middle East. We support the largest mobile planetarium outreach network in India covering more than 24 states, 300 districts across India. Various Mobile Planetarium Outreach Companies use DigiskyTM full dome Planetarium Systems, DigidomeTM, Shows and their Companion Books for their planetarium outreach programmes for schools, colleges and general public. Besides, we have installed Mobile and Fixed Planetariums in schools, science centers, fun parks, observatories etc.
The show was created by the Association des Planetariums de Langue Francaise in collaboration with Hamburg Planetarium and the European Southern Observatory. About 400 years ago Galileo observed the sky with a new instrument, the Telescope, and our view of the world was transformed. Now, follow the young astronomer Ariane in the show on a journey from ALMA telescopes unique site that is high in Chiles Atacama region, through our Milky Way and finally onward to some of the most distant galaxies, seen as they were in the early universe.
The show demonstrates the diurnal motion of stars that happens because of the spin of the Earth from different places. It covers skies from locations like the land of Polar Bear (North Pole), the city of Taj Mahal (Agra), the land of Pyramids (Cairo), Equator and the land of Penguins (South Pole). The show projects the night sky from various places (latitudes and longitudes) from the point of view of a travelling observer.
The show explains the concept and the idea behind the stick figure constellations as imagined by our fore fathers by joining the bright stars in the night sky. It sums up the story telling method of learning about the positions of stars and their constellations in different parts of the night sky. The show depicts our home galaxy the Milky Way, deep sky object Andromeda galaxy and shooting stars or meteors. It also briefly covers the story of Princess Andromeda from ancient Greek sky culture.
Planetarium EducationTM - K-12 is a holistic and scale-able concept that connects the students with the night sky. It is based on the pedagogical efficacy of a Full Dome Digital Planetarium System DigiskyTM as a Polar and not a Cartesian teaching aid for astronomy. It provides a solution to the inherent impediments associated with astronomy teaching and star gazing. It is companion to STEM Education (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). It has been designed to implement astronomy in the Indian school system K-12 through ready-made, scale-able, class appropriate, and progressive full dome (no p art of the sky missing) planetarium shows developed in Indian ethos and related sky simulation scenarios produced by Leo Planetaria and various third party shows. The companion books and tests designed especially for the shows are available for print/ download from internet through forum membership. The shows can be linked to on the campus astronomy hands on activities and astronomy Olympiad. In house Planetarium EducationTM means that astronomy can be made an integral part of the school curriculum covering whatever little is prescribed by the school/ board on astronomy subject and of course a whole lot more that is there in the cosmos to explore, learn, discover and enjoy.
Planetarium educators typically teach thousands of K-12 students each year. Frequently they serve as resource master, astronomy teachers and trainers for teachers. They see students at varying grade levels throughout their school careers. Planetarium educators have a unique perspective regarding the astronomy concepts appropriate for K-12 students and the sequence in which these concepts should be taught. It is the fraternity of Planetarium Educators and Science Communicators that are best suited to design planetarium shows/ software/ Booklets/ tests for students (K-12) and to train regular school teachers on Planetarium EducationTM.
Astronomy, the mother of all sciences unfortunately is conspicuously absent from the school system the world over. The reason is not that the system is not aware of its importance but the intrinsic practical impediments associated with the subject. A school primarily is a day time concept where as astronomy is a night time subject with date, time, place and weather dependability. Moreover now days we live in a sea of artificial lights that has created starless cities. It has slowly but steadily over the years resulted in abysmally low astronomy literacy level of students as well as their teachers. Stars just like tigers have simply disappeared. Gone are the days when one could see Milky Way galaxy or Dhruva Tara or Orion constellation from his backyard. Star gazing has become history.
