Kanzelhoehe Solar Observatory

Kanzelhoehe Solar Observatory

The Kanzelhoehe Solar Observatory or KSO is an astronomical observatory affiliated with the Institute of Geophysics, Astrophysics and Meteorology out of the Karl-Franzens-University. It is located near Villach on the southern border of Austria .

Its Web page at http://www.solobskh.ac.at/ usually posts current images of the sun, especially in the hydrogen-alpha line that is the strongest visible-light line of hydrogen and that reveals the solar chromosphere.

History

Founded in 1943 by the German Luftwaffe to research the effects of the Sun on the Earth's ionosphere, the KSO focuses on multispectral synoptic observations of the sun using several telescope on the same mount.

External links

* [http://www.solobskh.ac.at/ www.solobskh.ac.at/]


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