A solar observatory built on a peninsula in Big Bear Lake, California in 1969, whose surrounding water suppresses the local turbulent air currents that normally blur ground-based views of the Sun. It has produced some of the sharpest ground-based images ever taken of sunspots and other solar surface features.
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Observatory Typeuniversity-based solar observatory 2 LocationBig Bear Lake, San Bernardino Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, United States 2 Measuresthe activities and phenomena of the Sun 2 Operating PrincipleThe surrounding lake water cools the air and suppresses ground-level turbulence, stabilizing telescope images 2 Classification
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Source Wikipedia: Big Bear Solar Observatory
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1. Wikipedia: Goode Solar Telescope
Instrumentation sectionQuote, Instrumentation section
capable of observing the Sun in visible to near-infrared wavelengths
2. Wikipedia: Big Bear Solar Observatory
Lead section
Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) is a university-based solar observatory in the United States.
Location section
BBSO is located on the north side of Big Bear Lake in the San Bernardino Mountains of southwestern San Bernardino County, California
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Established 1969
Overview section
The telescopes and instruments at the observatory are designed and employed specifically for studying the activities and phenomena of the Sun.
Site description section
The cool lake provides a natural inversion that greatly reduces ground-layer turbulence and stabilizes images taken by the telescope
In Group: Optical Observatories of the Americas, Lead sentence
Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) is a university-based solar observatory in the United States.
Operated By: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Article text: operator
It is operated by New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT).
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