Overview
- The COSMOS‑Mysuru planetarium was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, November 13, 2026, at 16:30 IST and is presented as operational for public shows, training and outreach.
- The venue's Sky Theatre uses a 15‑metre tilted LED dome built from thousands of direct‑emission panels to deliver about 42.7 million pixels of resolution and seats roughly 160 people, which the developers say exceeds True 8K.
- The centre will open with an in‑house 12‑minute film, 'Our Home, Our Cosmos', in English, Kannada and Hindi, followed by licensed shows 'Cosmos Odyssey' and 'Voyager', and will offer regular school programmes and public screenings.
- COSMOS‑Mysuru was developed by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics in partnership with the University of Mysore under an MoU and received support from the Department of Science and Technology, Department of Atomic Energy, the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser and ₹5 crore from MPLADS.
- Beyond astronomy shows, the facility includes exhibition halls, a museum, a lecture hall, a training centre and labs and is expected to expand science education, rural outreach and tourism in Mysuru after a three‑year local outreach campaign that reached tens of thousands of people.