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Synopsis: "Oasis in the Cosmic Desert" or "Beyond the Visible Horizon" is a color slides presentation with live and interactive narration in a dark room (on a fade effect slide projector; a screen/white wall requested). The audience, along with the narrator hops from various cosmic objects nearby to distant ones, as they come to know the character of each object they hop/hover. Eventually, we end up as far as the visible horizon of the universe, find that the planet Earth is unique, and fall back -- as the lights are turned on for question-answers. The Cosmic Academy has conducted these slide shows in India, Australia, Canada, and the US. "Under the NightSky" in an inflatable balloon with Igloo dome and entrance will introduce to the audience the nuggets hung on to the dark velvety canopy. For the day of presentation, available planets, nebulae, clusters, and galaxies will be identified with several unique features about the sky and its constellations, asterisms, zodiacal signs, celestial movement, and more. That is, in the near future, in a portable planetarium, a starry firmament will be projected, as one more option. "Scrutinizing the Outer Space" from a computerized telescope. We will check out as many celestial object as time permits and study the characteristic in detail of each. The telescopes at our disposal are better than what Galelio started with and used! Multiple telescopes and binoculars available for self exploration. In adverse weather, a computerized animation of the nightsky for the place of activity can be screened. Need Information? Feedback! Please Contact! __ m_bidwai@cosmicacademy.net Hope to see you with the stars, under the clear skies, soon! I want you to have a passionate experience with celestial events and objects, as authentic as I have always enjoyed! ADDITIONAL TOPICS DOWNLOAD: Flagship Astronomy Topics Fifteen Sessions [Semester] AstroCourse

Speaker's Brief History: Learnt Astronomy the ancient's way. There was no electricity in our new bungalow for a year and a half. Later set up the Cosmic Academy to conduct astronomy educational outreach in Baroda, Gujarat, India (and innumerable other places) with slides/telescopes. Also conducted several workshops for telescope and astro gadgets making. Visited Sydney, Australia to study the Halley's comet as a guest of the British Astronomy Association for six months. Returned to India to resume the Cosmic Academy. Came to the USA to present a paper on "Astronomy Education in India - Prospects and Pitfalls" at the Universe '93 program in San Diego, California. Traveled extensively within the USA, by air and by road. Dr Chandrashekhar, Nobel Laureate impressed with the Cosmic Academy, recommended my name to the Indian Government. Encouraged to "stay involved" in the education of American students by President Clinton in a personally signed letter. Also offering expertise to school students to set up and run astronomy/rocketry clubs, and conduct various astronomy promotion programs in several institutions. Please contact at the earliest for scheduling the activities. The shows are multi cultural, and adapted to all age groups. The presenter holds a Master of Science in Education in Physics and in the Earth/Space Sciences from City University of New York, USA, as well educator certification from New York, Iowa, Maryland.