Every Year this centre conducts Astronomy & Rocket Modeling sessions for students of high school . This course is intended to give a brief introduction to astronomy and astrophysics and also teach the basic physics of the operation of rockets. Students built their own rockets and on the final day they launch their own made rockets . They measure the apogee and the time of flight.
The astronomy sessions generally includes topics like
I)
Introduction to astronomy
II)
Stars
III)
Solar System
IV)
Galaxies
V)
{Radio;IR;Gamma Ray}->ASTRONOMY
VI)
Recent discoveries in Astronomy
Registration fees Rs. 60 (including rocket components)
For additional information,please mail to astropl@md5.vsnl.net.in