Solar Observatory Tower Meudon is a 36.47 metre tall tower built of reinforced concrete on the area of Meudon Observatory in Meudon, France, which has in its interior a spectrograph for examination of the sun. Solar Observatory Tower Meudon was built in 1964-65, and is a solar tower, a type of solar telescope. It has a shaft diameter of 6.6 metres. In a height of 30.57 metres it has an observatory floor with 18.4 metre diameter. The shaft of the tower consists of two concrete tubes which are separated by a 10 centimetre wide air spelt, in order to avoid wind induced vibrations.

Solar Observatory Tower Meudon

Solar Observatory Tower Meudon
Location	Meudon
Coordinates	48°48′16″N 2°13′38″E
Established	1964
Location of Solar Observatory Tower Meudon
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The telescope has a 60 cm aperture.[1]

Sources

• Turmbauwerke, Bauverlag GmbH, Wiesbaden (Deutschland), 1966

See also

• Paris Observatory
• List of towers
• List of solar telescopes
• Meudon Great Refractor (nearby telescope facility dating to 1891)

External links

• Skyscraperpage.com
• History of the Observatory at Meudon

На других языках

[de] Sonnenbeobachtungsturm Meudon