Kanzelhoehe Solar Observatory
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| Organization | Karl-Franzens-University |
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| Location | Villach, Austria |
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| Altitude | 1,526 meters (5,006 feet) |
| Webpage | [1] |
The Kanzelhoehe Solar Observatory or KSO is an astronomical observatory affiliated with the Institute of Geophysics, Astrophysics and Meteorology out of the Karl-Franzens-University. It is located near Villach on the southern border of Austria .
Its Web page at http://www.solobskh.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.
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Founded in 1943, the KSO focuses on multispectral synoptic observations of the sun using several telescope on the same mount.
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