This item was about the French Father Richaud made the first astronomical discovery on Indian soil. In 1689, when he discovered the double star Alpha Centauri using a 12-foot telescope in Pondicherry. He also determined the latitude and longitude of Pondicherry.

This fond contain newspaper clippings related to M. K. Vainu Bappu durin 1979 to 1983

The item was about M.K.Vainu Bappu was elected as President of the International Astronomical Union, which has 50 countries as a member.

The fond contain compilation of Photographs, Newspaper Clipping, Pamphlets, Correspondence to Chinthamani Ragoonatha Chary and Transit of Venus.

The fond contain compilition of Newspaper clipping, photographs and graphs of Uranus ring observed at Kavalur observatory

This item was about Bhaskar Dutta's death at his residence, shantinagar in Bangalore on Friday night. It also speaks on his early education in Copenhagen, New York, Italy, before returning to India in 1978. He moved to the Indian Institute of Astrophysics in 1982. He specialised in neutron stars and pulsars.

The item was about the Hari Om Ashram Trust award, which was received by M.K.Vainu Bappu, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore and M.S. Narasimhan of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay.

This item was about Hari Om Trust awards for the year 1977 and 1978 by UGC. The awards, named after outstanding Indian scientists, carry a cash prize of Rs.10,000/- each.