Nizamia observatory
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Nizamia observatory is an optical observatory built by Nawab Zafar Jung Bahadur of the House of Paigah and Amir of the Khurshid Jahi estate and established by Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI - the 6th Ni
Nizamia Observatory
Nawab Zafar Jung with astronomy experts at the Nizamia Observatory
Colonel R E Fox looking through the telescope
Kodaikanal Solar Observatory
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The Kodaikanal Solar Observatory is a solar observatory owned and operated by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics. It is on the southern tip of the Palani Hills 4 kilometres from Kodaikanal.
Nizamia observatory
…the International Geophysical Year (1957–58). A K Das was Director of the Observatory in 1960 for a very short time after his retirement as Director of Kodaikanal Observatory. However, his sudden death meant that K D Abhayankar was made acting Director between 1960 and 1963. Abhayankar moved the site of the observatory from…
Kodaikanal Solar Observatory
Chromosphere of the Sun showing the red H-alpha spectral line observed during an eclipse.
Solar Tunnel Telescope at Kodaikanal