Telescopes of India Tour

Perhaps, the second step. I have started putting all the observatories onto one single Google map. Right now, you might be able to view Hanle and Kodaikanal on the Map given below: View Larger Map You can catch the updates as they happen on the map by subscribing to the RSS feed for this map or view it in Google Earth . I think this is more fun to watch the updates than a plain old spread sheet ( RSS feed for spreadsheet ). But, it's your pick.

ToIt expands as Telescopes of India tour. Anyway, I got a couple of observatories from Ajay Talwar. You can see the updated spreadsheet here . Sampuranand Telescope, ARIES, Nainital. Mt. Abu Observatory, Gurushikhar. He also told me about a telescope at DU and his own 20" Dobsonian Mobile telescope. Reference to an old British-era observatory at Thiruvananthapuram was also made. Thanks for the links Ajay! I don't know whether the telescope @ DU qualifies because I'm looking at telescopes of the observatory kind. I know there are many amateurs all over the country with beautiful telescopes but I'm not sure how I'd go to every place with a telescope. Perhaps, that's for another tour - The Amateur Telescopes of India tour?

I have been putting together a list of the Observatories in India. I have managed to find about 8 of them including one ancient. These are the ones with their own website, which make them searchable on the Internet. I believe there are many more. Want to help? This is the current list of observatories that I know of. If you know of any other observatory, please do let me know via email, or leave a comment here.