India to Build World's Largest Solar Telescope

The solar telescope will help study the microscopic structure of the sun and derive specific observations that are speculative in nature,' IIA director Siraj Hasan told IANS here.Solar telescopes are special-purpose scientific instruments used to study the sun. They are among the biggest fixed telescopes and are equipped with an optical flat mirror system to track the sun rays and direct them on to the telescope.The sun is the star at the centre of the solar system. Three quarters of the sun's mass consists of hydrogen and the rest is helium. ... Full story