Swedish Vacuum Solar Telescope

Swedish Vacuum Solar Telescope

The Swedish Vacuum Solar Telescope was a 47.5cm solar telescope on La Palma in the Canary Islands. It was removed on 28 August 2000, and has been superseded by the Swedish Solar Telescope.

The Swedish Vacuum Solar Telescope awaits re-assembly by its current owner, The Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland California, USA.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • 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

  • Swedish Solar Telescope — Infobox Telescope bgcolour = name = Swedish Solar Telescope caption = organization = Institute for Solar Physics, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences location = Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma coords =… …   Wikipedia

  • Telescopio solar — suizo en el observatorio Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma en las Islas Canarias. Un telescopio solar es un telescopio de propósito particular, usado para observar el sol. Los telescopios solares generalmente detectan luz cuya longitud de onda… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Telescopio Solar Sueco — El Telescopio Solar Sueco (abreviado SST, Swedish Solar Telescope), es un telescopio de 1 m de diámetro situado en el Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos, en La Palma, España. Está gestionado por el Instituto de Física Solar de la Real… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Institute for Solar Physics — The Institute for Solar Physics was first established as The Research Station for Astrophysics in 1951 on the island of Capri, Italy. Around 1980 the station moved to La Palma in the Canary Islands. The new station is situated within the Spanish… …   Wikipedia

  • Telescope — A telescope is an instrument designed for the observation of remote objects and the collection of electromagnetic radiation. The first known practically functioning telescopes were invented in the Netherlands at the beginning of the 17th century …   Wikipedia

  • Optical telescope — Eight Inch refracting telescope (Chabot Space and Science Center) An optical telescope is a telescope which is used to gather and focus light mainly from the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum for directly viewing a magnified image for… …   Wikipedia

  • History of the telescope — The earliest known working telescopes appeared in 1608 and are credited to Hans Lippershey and Zacharias Janssen, spectacle makers in Middelburg, and Jacob Metius of Alkmaar. The design of these early refracting telescopes consisted of a convex… …   Wikipedia

  • Roque de los Muchachos Observatory — Overview of some of the telescopes at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory …   Wikipedia

  • Nobel Prizes — ▪ 2009 Introduction Prize for Peace       The 2008 Nobel Prize for Peace was awarded to Martti Ahtisaari, former president (1994–2000) of Finland, for his work over more than 30 years in settling international disputes, many involving ethnic,… …   Universalium

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”