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The Vainu Bappu Observatory is owned and operated by Indian Institute of

Astrophysics. It is located in the Javadi Hills Kavalur, near vaniyambadi of vellore

district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, 175 km south-east of Bangalore.

The observatory is home to the Vainu Bappu Telescope, the largest telescope in

Asia. It has a diameter of 2.3 meters and was first used in 1986. Along with the

Vainu Bappu telescope, the observatory has two other telescopes: A 1 meter Zeiss

manufactured, and another 75 centimeter cassegrain reflector.

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