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• Solar telescope — The Swedish 1 m Solar Telescope at Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma in the Canary Islands. A solar telescope is a special purpose telescope used to observe the Sun. Solar telescopes usually detect light with wavelengths in, or not far …   Wikipedia

• Solar analog — Solar Type, Solar Analog, and Solar Twin stars are those stars that are particularly similar to the Sun, with solar twin being more similar than solar analog, and solar type being less similar than solar analog. Observations of these stars are… …   Wikipedia

• Solar neutrino problem — The solar neutrino problem was a major discrepancy between measurements of the numbers of neutrinos flowing through the earth and theoretical models of the solar interior, lasting from the mid 1960s to about 2002. The discrepancy has since been… …   Wikipedia

• Solar tower — A solar tower is a structure used to support equipment for studying the sun.Solar towers are used to raise the observation equipment above the atmospheric disturbances caused by solar heating of the ground and the radiation of the heat into the… …   Wikipedia

• National Solar Observatory — The Dunn Solar Telescope on Sacramento Peak. The mission of the National Solar Observatory is to advance knowledge of the Sun, both as an astronomical object and as the dominant external influence on Earth, by providing forefront observational… …   Wikipedia

• List of Solar System probes — For a list of active probes only, see List of active Solar System probes. For a list of landers only, see Landings on other planets. This is a list of all space probes that have left Earth orbit (or were launched with that intention but failed),… …   Wikipedia

• Birmingham Solar Oscillations Network — The Birmingham Solar Oscillations Network (BiSON) consists of a network of six remote solar observatories monitoring low degree solar oscillation modes. It is operated by the High Resolution Optical Spectroscopy group of the School of Physics and …   Wikipedia

• Great Observatories program — Four Great Observatories satellites NASA s series of Great Observatories satellites are four large, powerful space based telescopes. Each of the Great Observatories has had a similar size and cost at program outset, and each has made a… …   Wikipedia

• Timeline of telescopes, observatories, and observing technology — Timeline of telescopes, observatories, and observing technology.Before Common Era (B.C.)2100*Xiangfen Astronomical Observatory, Xiangfen County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province, China 1100* 11th 7th century B.C., Zhou dynasty astronomical… …   Wikipedia

• Rocket Astrophysical Observatories K-2, K-3 and K-4 — Rocket astrophysical observatories launched in Soviet Union in 1960s and early 1970s under the direction of Grigor Gurzadyan of Byurakan Observatory in Armenia, for the study of the Solar ultraviolet and X ray emission. Ballistic rockets R 5 were …   Wikipedia

• Kodaikanal Solar Observatory — Kodaikanal Solar ObservatoryOrganizationIndian Institute of AstrophysicsLocationKodaikanal, IndiaCoordinatescoord|10|13|50|N|77|28|7|E|Altitude 2,343 meters (7,687 ft) Webpage [http://www.iiap.res.in/centres kodai.htm Kodaikanal Observatory]… …   Wikipedia