National Solar Observatory

National Solar Observatory
Established1984 (1984)
Research typebasic
Field of research
Solar physics
DirectorsValentín Martínez Pillet
Staffaround 150
Address3665 Discovery Drive, 3rd Floor, Boulder, CO, 80303, US
LocationBoulder, Colorado, US
40°00′42″N 105°14′44″W / 40.0117201°N 105.2454644°W / 40.0117201; -105.2454644
Sponsoring agency
National Science Foundation
AffiliationsUniversity of Colorado Boulder
Operating agency
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy
Websitewww.nso.edu

The National Solar Observatory (NSO) is a United States federally funded research and development center for solar physics headquartered in Boulder, Colorado. It was founded in 1984 and is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy.

NSO manages several ground-based solar telescopes and observatories including the 4-meter Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope at the Haleakala Observatory; the Sunspot Solar Observatory near Sunspot, New Mexico; and six sites around the world for the Global Oscillations Network Group, one of which is shared with the Synoptic Optical Long-term Investigations of the Sun. NSO also operates the NSO Integrated Synoptic Program (NISP), which combines and coordinates synoptic solar observations for research and space weather applications.

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