India, May 25 -- At the heart of Pune's Sadashiv Peth, tucked inside the historic New English School, lies a dome that has transported thousands of children to distant stars and galaxies for decades.

This isn't a modern digital marvel, but one of India's oldest operational planetariums - the Kusumbai Motichand Planetarium - still running shows on its original Spitz A1 projector, a rare and elegant relic of 1950s space education.

Established in 1880 by the Deccan Education Society, New English School has long been associated with pioneering education. But in 1954, it added something rare to its academic arsenal: Asia's first projection planetarium. Housed within the school's Y-shaped building, the dome - just 9 metres across - may seem m...