Planetarium to reopen today after two years

Lucknow: Missing those celestial shows where you could experience the adventure of touching the stars virtually?
Well, your wait is over.
Closed for almost two years due to Covid-19 pandemic, the Indira Gandhi Planetarium is set to open for the public from Friday.
The hub of stargazers and astro enthusiasts, the centre will resume normal screening of astro shows, like pre-Covid days, from Friday.
“Due to the pandemic, the operation of all three planetariums operated by the Council of Science and Technology-Indira Gandhi Nakshatrashala, Lucknow, Veer Bahadur Singh Nakshatrashala, Gorakhpur and Aryabhatta Planetarium, Rampur, was closed for the public from March 12, 2020, to present,” said IGP’s senior scientific officer Sumit Srivastava.
He said the functioning of the planetarium could not resume this year too in view of Covid.
Now, since all educational institutes have been opened in the offline mode and a majority of planetarium visitors are from the academic fraternity we have decided to open it.
Srivastava said we will be running our shows titled ‘Cosmic journey’ which is of 45-minute duration.
It will be ensured that Covid-19 safety norms are strictly followed during the shows. The planetarium will remain closed on Monday and the cosmic show will be run at four different timings every day, he added.