Planetarium blog

We're currently showing three short shows at our planetarium, from 22 Feb 2025. More information about each show is available on the blog post related to each show. Humanity touches the Sun   Tour of the ISS   The Greatest Gift   A flat-screen preview of our 3-language show featuring Telugu, Hindi and English voice-overs is embedded below. 

This is a special production from NSC Creative in association with the British Association of Planetaria , this short show, narrated by British astronaut Tim Peake, is made available by them as a VR 360 experience on YouTube .  Flat-screen preview of our 3-language show featuring Telugu, Hindi and English voice-overs is embedded below.  Our Hindi and Telugu translated versions are embedded below. Hindi - Telugu -

Produced and distributed by Fiske Planetarium free of charge, this short planetarium show is part of a series, " Science Through Shadows "and describes the mysteries of the solar corona and how the Parker Solar probe becomes the fastest space-probe and passes closest to the Sun by remaining in the shadow of its heat shield.  Flat-screen preview of our 3-language show featuring Telugu, Hindi and English voice-overs is embedded below. Flat screen previews of the Hindi and Telugu versions of this show are also embedded below. The English version can be found here .  

This in-house presentation discusses the greatest gift given to mankind - the human body and mind - and how we can make the best use of this gift. Flat-screen preview of our 3-language show featuring Telugu, Hindi and English voice-overs is embedded below.   English only - Hindi only - Telugu only -

We're currently showing '5000 eyes' at our planetarium, from 29 January 2025. This planetarium show describes the DESI (Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument) mission to map the positions of millions of our nearby galaxies. A flat-screen preview of our 3-language show featuring Telugu, Hindi and English voice-overs is embedded below.   

"A place like no other" is a fulldome documentary from the University of Alaska Anchorage and Open Lens Productions . This show takes you around Alaska to the unique places found there and their inhabitants. This show is available with us only in English.  A flat-screen preview of this show is embedded below. 

The short feature  "Kira" is a cinematic movie specially commissioned by the International Planetarium Society to set a new benchmark as a cinematic movie developed specifically for fulldome screens in celebration 100 years of the Planetarium. https://planetarium100.org/centennial-projects/planetarium-show/ This show is currently available only in English at our Planetarium. A flat-screen preview is embedded below.      

Now available at the Sri Sathya Sai Space Theatre - the planetarium show "Red Eye to the Stars" - available in English, Hindi and Telugu. The flat previews of these productions are embedded at the bottom of this page. This planetarium show, from Laupheim Planetarium , showcases the flying observatory "SOFIA", the Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy, which is an observatory built into a Boeing 747SP. SOFIA gathers thermal radiation from distant celestial objects unobstructed by the water vapor in the Earth's atmosphere. Among other things, it can be used to observe the nurseries of young stars in distant gas nebulae that remain hidden in the spectrum of visible light. English preview -  Hindi preview -  Telugu preview -