The album contains photos of the observation camp for capturing the transit of Venus at IIA Bangalore campus in 2004. The transit of Venus in 2004 was a significant astronomical event in history because it was the first Venus transit after the invention of broadcast media. The photos of the transit of Venus, school students observing the event, setting up the observational ground, and presentations by astronomers of IIA can be seen in the album.

The album contains photos taken during the observation of the solar eclipse in 1996 at the Hanle site by the IIA team led by Director R. Cowsik. The observation was taken from an IAF (Indian Air Force) aircraft. The album includes photos of inside and outside views of aircraft and an aerial view of the land from the craft. In addition to that, photos of Air Marshal Bijoy Krishna Pandey with R. Cowsik and photos of other Air Force officers who helped the IIA team are archived in this album.

The album contains photos of the national meeting on the results of the total solar eclipse on 24 October 1995. The meeting was held in Bangalore from 26 to 27 February 1996, and the album includes photographs of the discussion and the presentation by delegates.

The album contains photos taken during the lunar eclipse observation on 16th July 2000. The photographs show different phases of the lunar eclipse, from the partial to full moon.

The album includes photographs captured during the installation of the H-alpha telescope at Kodaikanal Observatory in 2014 by an expert team from China. The H-Alpha telescope has a 20 cm doublet objective lens that produces a beam at f/7.9. The telescope creates a full-disk image of the sun using extra optics. The telescope can also be used to magnify a portion of the sun's disc. The album includes all stages of the installation process with the caption and instruments associated with the telescope. Photos of the IIA team with the team who came from China and cultural programme photos are also archived in this album. It was installed during the directorship of P. Sreekumar.

The album contains photos of the foundation stone laying ceremony by former Director Prof. J. C. Bhattacharyya for the scanner telescope at Kavalur in August 1990. The album includes pictures of the scanner telescope model, 40-inch telescope, Kavalur Observatory, delegates who attended the function, and similar pictures.

The album consists of photos from the UVIT MGK Menon lab construction site at the CREST campus, Hoskote. The CREST (Centre for Research and Education in Science and Technology) campus is one of the centres of IIA where the M.G.K. Menon Laboratory for Space Sciences has been established, which has facilities for integrating and calibrating space payloads. This laboratory also contains equipment for the test and space qualification of components. The photos were taken during the third stage of construction of the lab in 2005.

The album contains photographs and some archival material which is preserved in IIA archives: star and sky fast chopping polarimeter, painting of Uranus ring drawn by Vainu Bappu and mural painting of solar eclipse and many other paintings, observation results, national and state levels medals won by M. K. Vainu Bappu.

The album contains images related to the setting up of the park and garden opposite the Director's office. The pictures of Director R. Cowsik and other IIA staff with the building workers can be seen in this album.

The album includes photographs taken of different events held at the Kodaikanal Observatory during the directorship of M. K. Vainu Bappu. The photos belong to the following events

1. Retirement of Poomban
2. Farewell party of Anil Kumar Das in 1960
3. M. K. Vainu. Bappu with the D. G. O. Mr P. R. Krishna Rao and other staff
4. M. K. Vainu. Bappu with Prof. s. Chandrasekhar and staff
5. M. K. Vainu. Bappu with Kodaikanal Observatory staff
6. Visit of Russian scientist to Kodaikanal Observatory
7. Kashiviswanathan with M. K. K. V. Bappu
8. The participants of the electronic class conducted by J. C. Bhattacharyya
9. M. K. Vainu. Bappu with Estimate Committee members
10. Retirement of C. G. Veeraraghavan
11. Retirement of P. Madhavan Nair
12. Retirement of N. Sundharam
13. Felicitation party of M. K.V. Bappu for his Padmabhushan Award
14. 1st Astronomical Society of India meeting
15. 1st Astronomical Society of India meeting