A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Puducherry Science Centre and Planetarium

Public shows at A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Puducherry Science Centre and Planetarium: Yes

Science centre with digital planetarium shows. Check the official site for the current schedule and tickets before you go.

A planetarium show is the one astronomy outing that clouds and city lights cannot cancel. Most public shows run 30 to 50 minutes; live shows, where a presenter flies the sky to tonight's planets and constellations, are the best preparation for a night at a dark site. Shows often sell out on weekends and school holidays.

25/22, 1st Main Road, Kurinji Nagar, Lawspet, Puducherry, India 605008. Phone +91 (0)413-2257222.

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Puducherry Science Centre and Planetarium has a 8 m (26 ft) dome and 55 seats

That makes it a small dome, typical of schools, colleges and portable shows. The largest planetarium domes in the world are about 35 m across; a classroom dome is 5 to 8 m.

Its projection system is the Evans & Sutherland Digistar 4 SP, a digital fulldome system that can fly the audience through the solar system as well as show the night sky.

How dark the real sky is outside A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Puducherry Science Centre and Planetarium

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Puducherry Science Centre and Planetarium has no Bortle rating in the list yet. The scale below shows what each class looks like.

Sky brightness and class come from the World Atlas of Artificial Night Sky Brightness (Falchi et al. 2016, CC BY-NC 4.0), with natural skyglow added, at the coordinates below. Planetariums sit in towns, so the dome shows the sky the street outside cannot; the dark sky places nearby show the real one.

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Puducherry Science Centre and Planetarium among the planetariums of India

Pink dots are planetariums, green dots observatories open to the public, squares dark sky places and diamonds star parties; select one for its page. See Planetariums in India for the full list.

The coordinates on this page point to Lawspet, Puducherry (approximate): 11.956°N, 79.812°E.

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Dark sky places, observatories and clubs near A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Puducherry Science Centre and Planetarium

Observatories open to the public within 150 km

• Vainu Bappu ObservatoryKavalur, Tamil Nadu, India, 127 km (79 mi). Open Saturdays 2-9 pm; evening sky viewing weather permitting; Rs 50, under 12 free

Other planetariums within 150 km

• B.M. Birla Planetarium (Tamil Nadu Science and Technology Centre)Chennai, India, 126 km (78 mi), 15.0 m dome

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Puducherry Science Centre and Planetarium record

From the site's planetariums dataset (planetariumsglobal_q426). Distances are computed from the coordinates.