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Planetarium Sheet Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium
जवाहरलाल नेहरू तारामंडल

INDIA , KARNATAKA , BANGALORE

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Type: Planetarium
Opened in 1989

Address: Sri. T. Chodaiah Road High grounds Bangalore - 560001 Karnataka
Country: INDIA
Email:

Website: http://www.taralaya.org/sky-theatre.html

Team
C.V. Vishveshwara (1989-1992-2006)
G.S.D. Babu (1992-1993)
C.S. Shukre (2006-2011)
B.S. Shylaja (2012-2017)
Shri Pramod Galgali (2017-2023)

230 seats

Dome of 15.0m

Technical
Optical system ZEISS : RFP-DP

Facilities

Operation
Frequenting: 200000 people per year
Staff: 9 people

History
- April 14, 1989: Zeiss delivered
- 19 November 1989: 15m/230s/Zeiss RFP-DP
- 2007: Fulldome (mirrordome)
- 2012: upgrade fulldome
- March 2016: closed for renovation
- January 2017: Hybrid ($1.8 million)

Comments
Dr Jayanta Sthanapati, History of Planetariums in India: 1954-2018, online, 2019

Latitude: 12°59'04" N - Longitude: 77°35'22" E - Altitude: 939m
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