Location Villach, Austria Altitude 1,526 m Organization University of Graz | Website www.kso.ac.at Phone +43 4248 2717 | |
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Address Kanzelhöhe 19, 9521 Treffen am Ossiacher See, Austria Similar Elli Riehl Puppenwelt, Alps, Pilzmuseum Treffen, Gerlitzen, Big Bear Solar Observatory | ||
The Kanzelhoehe Solar Observatory or KSO is an astronomical observatory affiliated with the Institute of Geophysics, Astrophysics and Meteorology out of the University of Graz. It is located near Villach on the southern border of Austria.
Its Web page at http://www.kso.ac.at/ usually posts current images of the sun, especially in the hydrogen-alpha line that is the strongest visible-light line of hydrogen and that reveals the solar chromosphere.
History
Founded in 1941 by the German Luftwaffe to research the effects of the Sun on the Earth's ionosphere, the KSO focuses on multispectral synoptic observations of the sun using several telescope on the same mount.
References
Kanzelhoehe Solar Observatory Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA