National Large Solar Telescope

{{Short description|India telescope proposed in 2010}}

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The National Large Solar Telescope (NLST) is a Gregorian multi-purpose open telescope{{Cite journal |last=Hasan |first=S. S. |date=2010-02-01 |title=The Indian National Large Solar Telescope (NLST) |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010IAUS..264..499H |journal=NASA/ADS |volume=264 |pages=499–504 |doi=10.1017/S1743921309993206}} proposed in 2010 to be built in Merak village in Ladakh in India and aims to study the sun's microscopic structure.{{cite web |url=http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/India_To_Build_World_Largest_Solar_Telescope_999.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100905195255/http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/India_To_Build_World_Largest_Solar_Telescope_999.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-09-05 |title=India To Build World's Largest Solar Telescope |publisher=Spacedaily.com |accessdate=2010-12-23 }}

The Indian Institute of Astrophysics is the nodal agency charged with various scientific bodies like the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational-Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) and Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) also participating.{{cite web|author=IANS |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/national/india-build-worlds-largest-solar-telescope-999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100903074607/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/national/india-build-worlds-largest-solar-telescope-999 |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 September 2010 |title=India to build world's largest solar telescope |publisher=Deccan Chronicle |date=2010-09-02 |accessdate=2010-12-23}}