The Indira Gandhi Planetarium (

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: ), also known as the Patna Planetarium (

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's Indira Gandhi Science Complex. The

planetarium A planetarium ( planetariums or ''planetaria'') is a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navigation. A dominant feature of most planetarium ...

was constructed through Bihar Council on Science & Technology at a total cost of about . It was conceptualised in 1989 by Bihar

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Shri Satyendra Narain Sinha with construction commencing in the same year, and opened for the public from 1 April 1993. It is named after senior

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leader and former

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. The Indira Gandhi Planetarium is one of the largest planetariums in Asia. It attracts many domestic as well as foreign tourists. The planetarium has regular film shows on subjects related to astronomy. It also holds exhibitions, which attract many visitors. The planetarium uses traditional opto-mechanical projection of celluloid film.

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In contrast to more modern digital projectors, the opto-mechanical system uses films that are difficult to change. As a consequence, the same film may be shown for years.

Competition

The first digital planetarium of Bihar was planned to open in late 2016 at the premises of Shrikrishna Science Centre near

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in Patna. The planetarium has been developed at a cost of and is equipped with a Carl Zeiss digital projector system.

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