India, April 17 -- Dr. B.S. Shylaja, former Director of Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bengaluru, says Mysuru Planetarium will make astronomy more accessible

Dr. B.S. Shylaja, a distinguished astronomer, Visiting Scientist and former Director of Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bengaluru, was in Mysuru recently to deliver special lectures titled 'Spectroscopy - A Tool to Understand the Inaccessible' at the Physics Department in Manasagangothri and 'Astronomy in Temples - Architecture, Art and Time-keeping' at the Wadiyar Centre for Architecture.

With decades of experience in astronomy education and public outreach, she has played a key role in developing planetarium programmes, teaching astronomy and also initiated a monthly sky watch progr...