New Delhi, November 15: Astronomy enthusiasts have a reason to cheer as an Indo-Italian astronomy fortnight is being organised here to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy and Italian “Year of Galileo”.
The International Year of Astronomy (IYA2009) is a year-long celebration, taking place in 2009 to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the first recorded astronomical observations with a telescope by Galileo Galilei.
He made startling discoveries which compelled the world to accept the Heliocentric view of our Solar System neighbourhood.
The Year was declared by the 62nd General Assembly of the United Nations.
The fortnight “From Galileo to Modern Frontiers” is being organised through the collaborations between the Italian Embassy, the Italian Cultural Center, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Vigyan Prasar (Department of Science and Technology), Fondazione Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia-Cineteca Nazionale, La Fenice Theatre (Venice), Nehru Planetarium Director N Rathnasree said today.
–Agencies