Atop the serene Jawadhu Hills stands a five-decades-old facility for stargazing
The 90-inch telescope, weighing 115 tonnes, was established in 1986 atop the Jawadhu Hills at Kavalur. This telescope was the largest in Asia then. | Photo Credit: R. Sai Venkatesh The Vainu Bappu Observatory’s latitudinal advantage makes it the only station of the the Indian Institute of Astrophysics where stellar observations on the southern skies can be carried…