Planetarium |
Website & Address |
Working hours (Coloured
entries indicate facilities unique to the Planetarium) |
Activities & Services (Coloured
entries indicate facilities unique to the Planetarium) |
Mgmt. |
Publications |
Facilities (Coloured
entries indicate facilities unique to the Planetarium) |
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JN
Planetarium, Mumbai |
http://www.nehru-centre.org/planetarium.html Dr. Annie Besant Road,
Worli, Mumbai - 400018
India
Tel : 91 22 2496 4676 - 80
Fax : 91 22 2497 3827 |
11 AM to 5 PM Not open on public holidays |
Science quiz
contests, Astro-painting, Science elocution, Astro-poetry and Astro-quiz
competitions. Special arrangements are made to watch, study and photograph
Solar & Lunar eclipses, and many such other events. Telescopes are
installed outside the Planetarium to enable eager visitors to watch these phenomena."Hide & Seek in the
Sky "
Regular
Shows |
12:00 noon - Hindi
01:30 p.m. - Marathi
03:00 p.m. - English
04:30 p.m. - Hindi |
Booking
Hours |
11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
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Online News
letter, Discovery of India, Indian Astronomy a source-book, Impact of the West and
Exploring the Universe: the Planetarium Way, and colourful catalogue on
Indian Master painters and sculptors. Videocassettes on Discovery of India,
periodically published reports on seminars and symposia, Newsletter, which
highlights the programmes for that month. |
Culture
Wing, Art Gallery, Exhibition hall, Auditorium Mobile
Exhibition Library |
No Evening Shows and shows on public holidays. No observatory
facilities |
Birla
Planetarium, Chennai |
Tamilnadu Science &
Technology Centre
Gandhi Mandapam Road (Behind CLRI)
Chennai- 600 025
Phone: 91-44 - 24410025 / 24416751 / 24915250 |
10 AM to 5:45PM Not open on public holidays |
from 10 a.m. to 5.45 p.m.
Timings for cosmic shows in the planetarium (English) are 10.45 a.m., 1.15
p.m. and 3.45 p.m. In Tamil, the show timings are 12 noon and 2.30 p.m. Solar and
planetary and other heavenly phenomena, system, nature, ecology , meteorology |
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Science park, ecological
park, Mobile
Science Exhibition, Traffic
park |
No Evening Shows
and shows on public holidays. No observatory facilities No Eclipse
calendar with timings |
JN
Planetarium, Bangalore |
http://www.taralaya.org/planetarium.htm Sri. T. Chowdaiah
Road, High Grounds,
Bangalore-560001, Karnataka, India. 91 -080- 22203234/ 2226 6084/ 22379725 |
10 AM to 5:30 PM Not open on public holidays |
Solar System:
11:30am and 2:00pm Kannada . 12:45pm and 3:45pm
English. Wonder World of Stars 2:45 pm Kannada. 4:30 pm English."Mirror
dome+ shows. Acharya Jagdish Chandra Bose on request 10:30am school booking Spl. Film shows. No shows on Tuesdays and Wednesdays Activity Calendar for 2010 yet to be published |
Initially
Bangalore Municipal Corpn. Now autonomous body: BASE: Bangalore Assn. For
Science Edu. Invite
Corporate, individual and group sponsors. |
Illustrated
booklet on Eclipses (Rs.25.00) in Kannada DVD “Eye on the
Sky” with kannada sub-titles. |
Exhibition
halls, Science Park, ABAA (Assn. Of Bangalore
Amateur Astronomers), REAP (Research Education & Advancement Programme),
Bio-REAP |
No Evening shows
and shows on public holidays. No observatory facility No Eclipse
calendar with timings |
JN
Planetarium, Delhi |
http://www.nehruplanetarium.org/ Teen Murti House, New Delhi - 110011, India Telephone -
91-011-23014504,
91-011-23012994. Fax
- 91-011- 23016936
email - nehruplanetarium@gmail.com |
10 am to 5:30 pm |
The
regular programmes of the Planetarium include public shows at 11:30 AM
(English), 1:30 PM (Hindi), 3:00 PM (English) and 4:00 PM (Hindi) Special
School Shows |
Nehru Memorial
Museum & Library |
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Auditorium, Exhibition halls Wiki
Farm AAAD(Association
of Amateur Astrologers) YAHOO
Group |
Annual Activity
Calendar to be updated for 2010. No
Evening shows and shows on public holidays. No observatory facility |
BM
Birla Planetarium, Hyderabad |
http://www.birlasciencecentre.org/planetarium/planetaruim.html phone:
91-040-23235081/232441067 FAX:
91-040-23237266 |
11:30am to
7:30pm and spl. Show at 8:15pm on holidays |
Cosmic
presentations highlighting various mysteries of the universe viz. Halley’s
comet, Black Hole, etc. Spl. Interactive sessions
for students. Popular courses on Astronomy and Astrophysics |
Regd. Society of "Birla Institute of Scientific
Research |
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Part of Science
Centre: Museum, archaeology, dinosaurium,
art gallery, Exhibition gallery, IIAMIS
(International Instt. For Applicable Maths and
Information Sc.) Live
Remote Show from Birla Science Centre |
No Monthly night
sky chart or info on activities like eclipses, etc. |
Birla
Planetarium, Jaipur |
http://www.bisr.res.in/bisr_home.php The Head,
B M Birla Planetarium,
Birla Insitute of Scientific Research
Statue Circle, Jaipur-302001
Rajasthan, INDIA PHONE +91-141-2385367, 2385094,
5108162 FAX +91-141-2385121 EMAIL planet@bisr.res.in |
The planetarium remains closed on last
Wednesday of every month and visiting hours are 12.00 pm to 7.00 pm on all
other days. |
sky-shows to dispel the
heavenly myths, propagate the basic concepts of astronomy and also train the
amateurs to appreciate the grandeur of the night sky. The topics include
evolution of earth, mysteries of cosmos, exploration of Mars and other
planets. Interactive sessions are held following the sky-shows. A special
live session has been designed and being regularly presented to higher
classes to supplement their science syllabi. |
Regd. Society of "Birla Institute of Scientific
Research |
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Coordinates the
activities of Amateur Astronomers Association which include telescope
fabrication, astro-photography and organising
evening sky-watch sessions. Research, Auditorium,
Bio-Informatics Centre, Museum |
No Monthly night
sky chart or info on activities like eclipses, etc. |
Birla
Planetarium, Kolkata India’s
first and Asia’s largest planetarium |
Situated at the junction of Shakespeare Sarani and Cathedral Road, |
Visiting hours of the Planetarium: 1230hrs
- 1830hrs
- Preferred Timings: It is best to visit the museum in
the evening; between 1500hrs - 1700hrs |
Sundays & holidays - Two additional shows at 10.30 a.m. (Hindi) and 11.30
a.m. (Bengali). shows on Zodiac signs and stars, Journey to
Antarctic, and New View of the Solar System Attend free discourses on
astronomy M.P. Birla Planetarium conducts a
3-semester M. Phil course in Astronomy and Planetarium Sciences. In addition,
it holds free evening course in Astronomy for sky gazers and enthusiasts. |
Regd. Society of "Birla Institute of
Fundamental Research". |
Publish yearly astronomical
pocket-calendars and picture post-cards etc have also been taken up.
"Bust Stories" and "A Brief Introduction of Astronomy"
are some of the astronomical publications lately by the Birla planetarium. 'Journal
of the MP Birla Planetarium'. |
an astronomical
observatory that is furnished with a Celestron C-14 Telescope, accessorized
with ST6 CCD Camera, Solar Filter and so on. There is also an Electronics
Laboratory for designing and production of scientific equipments. For
producing special effects during a show the planetarium has come up with an
automatic system for better visual and other special effects. |
Open
on Sundays and public holidays No Evening shows. Does
not have a website. |
Indira Gandhi
Planetarium, Patna |
Website: http://patna.bih.nic.in/html/planetarium.htm
Site 2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patna_Planetarium
Email:
Phone: 235264 http://patna.bih.nic.in/html/planetarium.htm |
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regular film shows on
subjects related to astronomy. It also holds exhibitions, which attracts lots
of visitors.[ |
Bihar
Council on Science & Technology |
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Does not have a
website with necessary details |
Allahabad
Planetarium, Allahabad |
Phone no. is +91-532-2467093. Located by the side of the Anand Bhawan |
Note that children below 5 years are not
allowed. It is closed on Mondays and central government holidays |
here are five shows on
any day. Each show is a celestial journey. Each show features interesting and
intriguing aspects related to space and astronomy.
There is a moon model on display. Visitors can find their weights on Moon and
Jupiter, too. The planetarium is also called Jawaharlal Planetarium. |
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Does not have a
website with necessary details |
Pathani Samanta Planetarium, Bhubaneswar |
JL Nehru Marg,
city centre Phone: 2581613 |
The Planetarium offers regular shows about
outer space on all days except Mondays from 2 00pm to 5 00 pm. |
night sky watch, audio
visual programs, poster shows and display of astronomical instruments. offers them financial help and also provides them with a
bigger platform where they get the opportunity to interact in the conferences
of international repute. |
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Auditorium,
exhibition halls and library |
Does not have a
website with necessary details |
Lucknow Planetarium |
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Council of
Science and Research, UP |
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No information
available |
Calicut
Planetarium |
www.rscpcalicut.8m.com |
10:30am to 6:30pm. Center remains closed on
every Mondays and on the occasion of Onam and Diwali. |
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No website and
access to detailed information on the |
Priyadarshini Planetarium, Trivandrum |
www.kstmuseum.com
www.stedk.org |
10:30am, 12:00pm, 3:00pm, 5:00pm |
MAN AND THE UNIVERSE" "MYRIAD SUNS" School or any organization to pay
Rs.1000.00 for Centre’s mobile display service. |
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Conference hall, Workshops, Sound - studio
etc Exhibition Galleries, Children's science
park, Mobile Science Exhibition. |
Website
inaccessible. Not much information available |
Sardar V. Patel Plaentatium, Surat |
http://www.suratmunicipal.gov.in/content/planetarium/main.shtml |
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The Planetarium runs
a show on the universe, in Gujarati, from 11:15am -1:45pm, Wednesday-Saturday
and from 2:45pm-5:45pm, Sunday and Tuesday. It is closed on Monday. |
Surat Municipal Corpn. |
Zodiac, Constellations,
Planets,
Monthly maps of Akash Darshan |
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Does not operate
on public holidays |
State |
Total |
Rural (R) |
Urban (U) |
City |
% R population |
%U population |
States providing preliminary mobile exhibitions to Rural Areas |
Maharashtra |
96,752,247 |
55,732,513 |
41,019,734 |
Mumbai |
57.60 |
42.40 |
Yes |
Delhi |
13,782,976 |
963,215 |
12,819,761 |
Delhi |
06.99 |
93.01 |
Yes |
West Bengal |
80,221,171 |
57,734,690 |
22,486,481 |
Kolkata |
71.97 |
28.03 |
No |
Tamil Nadu |
62,110,839 |
34,869,286 |
27,241,553 |
Chennai |
56.14 |
43.86 |
Yes |
Andhra Pradesh |
75,727,541 |
55,223,944 |
20,503,597 |
Hyderabad |
72.92 |
27.08 |
No |
Bihar |
82,878,796 |
74,199,596 |
8,679,200 |
Patna |
89.53 |
10.47 |
No |
UP |
166,052,859 |
131,540,230 |
34,512,629 |
Allahabad |
79.22 |
20.78 |
No |
Rajasthan |
56,473,122 |
43,267,678 |
13,205,444 |
Jaipur |
76.62 |
23.38 |
No |
Karnataka |
52,733,958 |
34,814,100 |
17,919,858 |
Bangalore |
61.02 |
33.98 |
No |
Orissa |
36,706,920 |
31,210,602 |
5,496,318 |
Bhubaneswar |
85.03 |
14.97 |
No |
Gujarat |
50,596,992 |
31,697,615 |
18,899,377 |
Surat |
62.64 |
59.52 |
No |
Kerala |
31,838,619 |
23,571,484 |
8,267,135 |
Trivandrum |
74.03 |
25.96 |
Yes |