[No. 55] Kanakapura Road, Bengaluru · 18 m dome
The city hides its stars. We bring them back.
Under our dome there are nine thousand stars, no streetlights and no clouds. Live sky shows with an astronomer at the console, films on the Moon and the planets in English, Kannada and Hindi, and mornings kept for schools.
- 18 m tilted dome
- 116 reclining seats
- 3 languages
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Tonight over Bengaluru.
The brightest stars above the city for the time you pick, worked out in your browser from today's date. Drag to look around; tap a star to name it.
Tonight · approximate
Looking south
6 PM to 5 AM, India time. The sky turns about 15° an hour.
About 150 bright stars from a built-in catalogue, placed with a simple sidereal-time calculation for Bengaluru (12.97° N, 77.59° E). Planets and the Moon are not shown, and positions can be off by a degree. Good enough to find Orion; not for navigation.
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Shows & timings.
Pick a day and a time; we will hold the seat map for you below. Closed on Mondays. Children under 3 sit on a lap for free.
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Choose your seat under the dome.
The dome is tilted, so every seat looks forward and up. Rows E to G sit in the sweet spot where the picture fills your whole view.
- Standard
- Sweet spot +₹100
- Taken
- Yours
- Wheelchair space
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School groups, weekday mornings.
The dome is kept for schools from 9 AM to 1 PM, Tuesday to Friday. Shows are matched to the CBSE and state syllabus for each class, with a question time at the end.
Suggested show
Nine Worlds
Concept site — requests are not sent anywhere.
One teacher comes free for every 15 students. Bus parking for 6 coaches inside the campus.
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Find the dome.
Ten minutes from the Konanakunte Cross metro station. Look for the white dome behind the banyan tree.
Near Konanakunte Cross, Bengaluru 560062
- Tuesday – Friday
- Schools 9 AM – 1 PM · public 1 PM – 9 PM
- Saturday & Sunday
- 10 AM – 10 PM
- Monday
- Closed
- Telescope nights
- Clear Saturdays after 8 PM, on the terrace