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Kodaikanal Solar Observatory

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An Indian solar observatory established in 1899 in the hill town of Kodaikanal in Tamil Nadu, holding one of the longest continuous photographic records of the Sun's surface in the world, spanning more than a century. Its sunspot archive has been a key resource for studying long-term solar activity cycles.

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