IUCAA Girawali Observatory
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IUCAA Girawali Observatory
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IUCAA Girawali Observatory is set up at a location which is about 80km Pune city, off Pune-Nasik Road and near the historical Junnar town. In addition to catering to the needs of astronomers in general, this observatory is unique in setting aside a certain amount of time specifically for training as well as observational proposals arising from Indian Universities.
The telescope was manufactured by Telescope Technologies Ltd.,Liverpool, UK, under a contract through the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC), UK. It was handed over to IUCAA after installation and commissioning on February 14th, 2006. The observatory was formally inaugurated and the telescope dedicated to the astronomy community by Prof. Yash Pal on May 13th, 2006. After a phase of performance and science verification programmes, the observatory opened for regular observations in November 2006.
The deadline for submission of proposals for Cycle 2010B (October 2010 to January 2011) is July 15, 2010.
