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Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium
जवाहरलाल नेहरू तारामंडल


INDIA , KARNATAKA , BANGALORE
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Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium
Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium
Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium
Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium
Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium
Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium
Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium
Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium
Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium
Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium


Type: Planetarium
Opened in 1989

Address: Sri. T. Chodaiah Road, High grounds - Bangalore, 560001 Karnataka (Bengaluru)
Country: INDIA
Email: info@taralaya.org
Phone: +91 80 2237 9725
Fax/cell: +91 80-222
Website: http://www.taralaya.org/sky-theatre.html
     

Team
Shri Pramod Galgali (director)







219 seats











Dome of  15.0m




Technical
Optical system ZEISS : ZKP4
Digital system ZEISS : Velvet Powerdome
Software: Uniview
Video system Velvet : 5+1
Meridian resolution 4.0 K
Sound 5.1

Facilities
Other: Mini dome (40s) with mirrordome
Observatory dome on the roof: 150mm Zeiss coude refractor

Operation
Frequenting: 300000 people per year
Sessions: 1600 per year
Staff: 5 people

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

Last major evolution: 2017: Hybrid system

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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last update: 10/12/2019

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