"Solar telescope will help to study the microscopic structure of the Sun."
kafeenews - India's incredible progress in terms of astronomy. This country closer to realizing a dream to build the world's largest Solar telescope.
Ladakh, at the foot of the Himalayas was chosen as the location. Telescope is later intended to study the microscopic structure of the Sun. Telescope Project, or The National Large Solar Telescope (NLST) is estimated to have cost about U.S. $ 31 million.
kafeenews - India's incredible progress in terms of astronomy. This country closer to realizing a dream to build the world's largest Solar telescope.
Ladakh, at the foot of the Himalayas was chosen as the location. Telescope is later intended to study the microscopic structure of the Sun. Telescope Project, or The National Large Solar Telescope (NLST) is estimated to have cost about U.S. $ 31 million.
"Solar telescope will help to study the microscopic structure of the Sun and make specific observations about things that are speculative about nature," said the director of Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Siraj Hasan, as disclosed Space Daily, Friday, September 3, 2010.
This particular telescope was used to study the Sun. This type of telescope equipped with a flat mirror optical system to track and direct sunlight into the telescope.
The sun is a star that became the center of the solar system. Three-quarters of the mass of the Sun consists of hydrogen and the remaining helium. Less than two percent is composed of elements heavier, including oxygen, carbon, neon and iron.
This unique project involving several scientific organizations such as the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational-Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and the Inter-University Centre.
"Pre-technical discussion meeting will be held in October," said Hasan.
Although optical telescope with a diameter of 10 meters on Mauna Kea, Hawaii is the largest, India will be the largest telescope in the special telescopes Sun.
Today, the world's largest Solar telescope is McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope, with a diameter of 1.6 meters at the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona in the United States.
"The larger diameter and greater surface available to absorb sunlight, the more sunlight that is collected every second. This allows researchers to collect data more clearly and get accurate results," said Hasan.
Solar telescopes can study the particles scattered within a range of 50 km from the sun.
To be optimal, the telescope needs a location with bright sun a long time, also the location has a clear level of visibility.
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