Nehru Planetarium
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Four planetaria in India are named after India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. They are the three Nehru Planetariums, located in Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore and Jawahar Planetarium in Allahabad. The planetaria at Kolkata, Jaipur, Chennai and Hyderabad are called Birla Planetariums (either M. P. Birla or B. M. Birla) as they became possible from the donations from the house of Birlas (a prominent Indian business house also known for its philanthropy). In all there are 30 planetaria in India and many more are likely to come up in places like Surat, Nashik and Rampur in the short future.
The Nehru Planetarium in Mumbai was commissioned on March 3, 1977.
The Nehru Planetarium, Mumbai of Nehru Centre was inaugurated on 3rd March 1977 by the then Prime Minister of India Smt. Indira Gandhi. Over the years, this has grown into a Centre for scientific study of astronomy and space science. During the last 30 years of its inception Planetarium generated thirty-one astronomical presentations, which were viewed by 10 million astronomy lovers.
The Planetarium currently running the 31st sky theatre programme namely "Awesome Universe” using the Digistar-3 Planetarium equipment installed in 2003 replacing the earlier Carl Zeiss Universal Projector.
This equipment is basically a bank of eight computers that have the latest database of the sky loaded onto them. All the advantages of digital imagery are thus brought to the fingertips of the operator. The computers send the information to six high-resolution video projectors that cover the entire dome.
Nehru Planetarium at Mumbai is closed on Mondays.
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