Solar observatory

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A solar observatory is an observatory that specializes in monitoring the Sun. As such, they usually have one or more solar telescopes.

The Einstein Tower was a solar observatory in the Albert Einstein Science Park in Potsdam, Germany.

Solar observatories study phenomena associated with the Sun. The Sun, being the closest star to earth, allows a unique chance to study

Some examples

• Huairou Solar Observing Station
• Solar observatories in space
• National Solar Observatory

See also

• Coronagraph
• Heliometer
• Helioscope
• List of solar telescopes
• Spectroheliograph
• Spectrohelioscope
• Solar astronomy
• Solar tower (astronomy)
• Map of solar groundbased observatories and neutron monitors

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