National Large Solar Telescope

The National Large Solar Telescope (NLST) is a Gregorian multi-purpose open telescope[1] proposed to be built in Merak village in Ladakh in India and aims to study the sun's microscopic structure.[2]

National Large Solar Telescope
Location(s)Ladakh, India
Telescope styleGregorian telescope
solar telescope 

The Indian Institute of Astrophysics is the nodal agency charged with various scientific bodies like the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational-Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) and Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) also participating.[3]

Location

The proposed site for the location of the telescope is Merak Village in Ladakh, India. The village is near Pangong Lake.[3]

Telescope

NLST is proposed to be on-axis alt-azimuth Gregorian multi-purpose open telescope with the provision of carrying out night time stellar observations using a spectrograph.[1] It hopes to resolve features on the Sun of the size of about 0.1 arcsec. The focal plane instruments are to include a high resolution polarimeteric package to measure polarization with an accuracy of 0.01 per cent; a high spectral resolution spectrograph to obtain spectra in 5 widely separated absorption lines simultaneously and high spatial resolution narrow band imagers in various lines.[4]

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See also

References
  1. Hasan, S. S. The Indian National Large Solar Telescope Solar and Stellar Variability: Impact on Earth and Planets, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 264, p. 499-504
  2. "India To Build World's Largest Solar Telescope". Spacedaily.com. Archived from the original on 5 September 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  3. IANS (2 September 2010). "India to build world's largest solar telescope | Deccan Chronicle | 2010-09-02". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  4. Singh, J. Proposed National Solar Telescope Journal of Astrophysics & Astronomy, Vol. 29, No. 1 - 2, pp. 345 - 351
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