Arvind Bhatnagar
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Arvind Bhatnagar made significant contributions to Solar Astronomy, and founded several planetaria
Planetarium
A planetarium is a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navigation...

 across India. He was the founder-director of the Udaipur Solar Observatory
Udaipur Solar Observatory
The Udaipur Solar Observatory is in Udaipur, Rajasthan in India on an island in the Fateh Sagar Lake. The sky conditions at Udaipur are quite favourable for solar observations. Since the observatory is situated amidst a large mass of water, air turbulence which occurs due to ground heating by...

, and the founder director of Nehru Planetarium of Bombay..

Publications

Fundamentals of Solar Astronomy, William Livingston coauthor, World Scientific Publishing Company, Inc., 2005
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