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Planetarium Sheet

Raman Science Centre
रमन साइंस सेंटर, नागपुर

INDIA - NAGPUR - MAHARASHTRA

Type: Science Center

Address: Opposite Gandhi Sagar, (near Phule market) - Nagpur, 440018
Country: INDIA

Latitude: 21°08'46" N - Longitude: 79°05'39" E - Altitude: 310m

Website: http://www.rscnagpur.gov.in/Hindi/

Email: ramanscn@gmail.com
Phone: +91 712-273-5800
Fax: +91 712-27
Director or contact: Shri H.V. Prahlada Rao (1994), Shri V.N. Joshi

Opened in 1997

Dome of 11.0m
Capacity of 133 seats
Oriented Yes
Tilt No

Optical system ZEISS : ZKP3B
Digital system Zeiss : Powerdome
Software: SCISS Uniview

Other: manager by Nehru Science Centre Mumbai, Science on a sphere,

Frequenting: 130000 people per year
Sessions: 1649 per year

History: 7 March 1992: opening Science Centre - April 9, 1994: ZKP3 delivered - 5 January 1997: opening planetarium - 17 August 2011: Hybrid system: ZKP3B + Zeiss Powerdome (406500 euros)
See also: History of Planetariums in India: 1954-2018, Dr Jayanta Sthanapati