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mounted on 11 m tower platform directs sunlight via a flat mirror into a 60 m long underground horizontal 'tunnel'. A 38 cm aperture f/90 achromat forms a 34 cm diameter solar image at the focal plane. The telescope has an option to mount a 20 cm achromat, which provides an f/90 beam
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As early as 1881, Mr. Blanford, then Meteorological Reporter to the Government of India, recommended "the improvement of the work of solar observations in order to obtain accurate measures of the sun’s heating power at the earth’s surface and its periodic variations". In May 1882, the government
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The modern meeting and accommodation facilities are often used for national and international meetings, workshops and classes for up to 40 participants on subjects such as Kodaikanal Summer School in Physics, the Kodai-Trieste Workshop on Plasma Astrophysics and the Solar Physics Winter School.
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in conjunction with a 600 lines/mm grating gives 9 mm/A dispersion in the fifth order of the grating. Together with the 5.5 arcsec/mm spatial resolution of the image, it forms a high resolution set up for solar spectroscopy. Recording of the spectrum can be done photographically or with a
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spectroheliograph was operational in 1911. Since 1912, prominent pictures over the full limb are being obtained in K by blocking the solar disc. These observations and the white light pictures are obtained around 200 days a year.
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is one of the observatory's proud possessions. It has a collection of astronomical literature, which is of archival value. The library maintains a skeletal collection of current literature in solar and solar terrestrial physics.
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Public education about astronomy including tours of the facility, access to the astronomy library, nighttime telescopic sky viewing, and presentation of specialized university-level courses, seminars and
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was first detected at this observatory in January 1909. Solar data collected by the lab is the oldest continuous series of its kind in India. Precise observations of the equatorial
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Photometrix 1k x 1k CCD system. A large format CCD system is being procured to enhance the coverage of spectrum especially for the broad resonance lines and the nearby continuum.
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with Littrow arrangement using a 3.43 m achromat. The photographic camera behind the second slit is being replaced by a Raticon linear array and a data acquisition system.
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Studies of the equatorial electrojet and of the structure and dynamics of the equatorial ionosphere and its response to solar and interplanetary variability are being made.
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On 20 July 1893 following a famine in Madras Presidency, which underscored the need for a study of the sun to better understand monsoon patterns, a meeting of the
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objective which provides an f/15 beam and a 2 cm image. A prefilter and a daystar Ca K narrow band filter are used together with a Photometrix 1k x 1k
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Studies on the structure and dynamics of the equatorial ionosphere and its response to the solar and interplanetary variability are being carried out.
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Observations and interpretation of the morphological changes in active regions and their role in occurrence of transients such as
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was installed in 1955, for vertical soundings of the ionosphere. Quarterly soundings were made round the clock. In 1993, a
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Cambridge University Library: Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives, Kodaikanal Solar Observatory, archive papers 1892-1963
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Global Atmosphere Watch, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research (EMPA), Dübendorf, Switzerland.
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and a Watson magnetometer were installed and have been used regularly at the observatory since the early 1900s.
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on campus for the visitors. The displays are mainly pictorial, with a few models, a live solar image and the
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Indian Institute of Astrophysics - A Brief History, Solar Observatory at Kodaikanal, retrieved 3/13/2007.
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ionosonde model IPS 42/DBD43 was commissioned enabling five minute or better sounding rates.
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observations are made here regularly. Summaries of the data obtained are sent to national (
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lens. The two prism K-alpha spectroheliographs were acquired in 1904 and the H-alpha
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The converging solar beam from the objective can be diverted to a high dispersion
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is the main instrument of the telescope. A 20 cm diameter, 18 m focal length
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observations and sometimes made available to visitors for night sky viewing.
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Further reading: Antia H. M., Bhatnagar A., Ulmschneider P. (ed.s) (2006)
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to record the K filtergram. Regular observations began in 1996. Besides
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for long-term studies of the last ten solar cycles, in an effort led by
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Light from the 46 cm siderostat is diverted to a 15 cm Zeiss
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A 12 m solar tower with modern spectrograph was established in 1960 by
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They have a full-time staff of two scientists and three technicians.
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Subramanian, T.S. (1999) the Hindu, Volume 16-Issue 13, June 19. "
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sequences are being obtained on days of good to excellent seeing.
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Study of contributing factors to chromospheric calcium K indices.
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to Kodaikanal and the observatory was founded on 1 April 1899.
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was built indigenously and made operational to study F-region
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giving 6 cm diameter full disc photographs of the sun in
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The first observations were commenced at Kodaikanal in 1901.
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The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy, and Spaceflight
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In 1977, many of the astronomers from Kodaikanal shifted to
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H-alpha Telescope – 6562.8 A (Lower Chromosphere Telescope)
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Madras and Kodaikanal Observatories : A Brief History
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of Paris, acquired in 1850 and remodeled to 20 cm by
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are made here due to the unique geography of Kodaikanal.
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Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Kodaikanal Observatory
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Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences
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of the sun and the stars using a 20-inch (51 cm)
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Indian Initiative in Gravitational-wave Observations
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Lectures on Solar Physics (Lecture Notes in Physics)
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and geomagnetic effects of solar activity. A NBS C3
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Spectro Heliograph (Film – Photograph not available)
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Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society
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10°13′56″N 77°27′53″E / 10.23222°N 77.46472°E / 10.23222; 77.46472
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