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The
Udaipur
Solar
Observatory
(USO)
is
in
Udaipur,
Rajasthan
in
India
on
an
island
in
the
Fateh
Sagar
Lake.The
sky
conditions
at
Udaipur
are
quite
favourable
for
solar
observations.
Since
the
observatory
is
situated
amidst
a
large
mass
of
water,
air
turbulence
which
occurs
due
to
ground
heating
by
sun's
rays
is
decreased.
This
improves
the
image
quality
and
accuracy
(average
between
1-2
arc
seconds).The
observatory
was
built
in
1976
by
Dr.
Arvind
Bhatnagar
following
the
model
of
the
Solar
Observatory
at
Big
Bear
lake
in
Southern
California.
Later,
he
was
joined
by
Dr.
Ashok
Ambastha
in
1983
and
subsequently
by
many
others
at
different
stages
who
have
continued
further
contributing
to
the
growth
of
this
observatory.Utilizing
a
variety
of
telescopes,
USO
is
known
for
its
solar
observations,
which
include
high-resolution
solar
chromospheric,
magnetic
field,
velocity,
and
spectral
observations,
for
studies
pertaining
to
solar
flares,
mass
ejections,
and
the
evolution
of
solar
active
regions.
USO
fills
the
large
longitudinal
gap
between
Australia
and
Spain,
and
provides
a
link
for
continuous
solar
coverage
in
international
collaborative
programs,
including
the
Global
Oscillations
Network
Group
(GONG).
Since
1981,
USO
has
been
managed
by
the
Physical
Research
Laboratory,
Ahmedabad,
for
the
Department
of
Space,
Government
of
India.The
Multi
Application
Solar
Telescope
(MAST)
was
operationalised
on
4
August
2015.
MAST
is
an
off-axis
Gregorian-Coude
telescope
with
a
50
cm
aperture
to
be
used
to
study
the
Sun's
magnetic
field...
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