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33 rd ANNUAL REPORT 2020-21 170 Guwahati), and Somak Raychaudhury and Dhruba J. Saikia (both from IUCAA). The participants were introduced to stellarium, an open source planetarium for the computer, to explore the night sky, and a tutorial conducted on it by Prakash Arumugasamy (IUCAA). Two online quizzes were held as part of the course. There were about 40 participants from all over the country including several from the north-east. The course was coordinated by Gazi Ahmed and Rupjyoti Gogoi (both from Tezpur University) and Dhruba J. Saikia. An interaction session of the ARPIT 2020 participants with the resource persons was scheduled on each Sunday of March 2021 to ask questions, and discuss any material covered in theARPIT course titled Stars and Stellar Systems. The participants of the Introductory Astronomy and Astrophysics course were also invited to participate. These sessions produced interesting discussions onmany of the topics covered in the course, and helped clear possible doubts. The images show two different sessions in progress. Interactions with ARPIT 2020 Participants