Kodaikanal Solar Observatory

Kodaikanal Solar Observatory

Kodaikanal Solar Observatory
Alternative names	Kodaikanal Observatory
Organization	Indian Institute of Astrophysics
Location	Kodaikanal, India
Coordinates	10°13′56″N 77°27′53″E / 10.23222°N 77.46472°E / 10.23222; 77.46472
Altitude	2,343 meters (7,687 ft)
Established	Year 1895 (British – East India Company)
Website	www.iiap.res.in/centers/kodai
Telescopes
Coelostat 62 cm reflector – KSO Tunnel Telescope (KTT) Grubb-Parsons Spectro Heliograph (Film – Photograph not available) WARM [White Light Active Region Monitoring] Telescope H-alpha Telescope – 6562.8 A (Lower Chromosphere Telescope) TWIN Telescope SPECTRO – Telescope {{{telescope5_name}}} Radio spectrograph – 35–85 MHz daily operation
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The Kodaikanal Solar Observatory is a solar observatory owned and operated by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics. It is on the southern tip of the Palani Hills 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from Kodaikanal.

The Evershed effect 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 electrojet are made here due to the unique geography of Kodaikanal.

Ionospheric soundings, geomagnetic, F region vertical drift and surface observations are made here regularly. Summaries of the data obtained are sent to national (India Meteorological Department) and global (World Meteorological Organization, Global Atmosphere Watch) data centers.^[1]

They have a full-time staff of two scientists and three technicians.