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Meudon Solar Tower

The Meudon Solar Tower is a solar tower located at the Meudon Observatory in Meudon, France. The tower houses a solar telescope and spectrograph for observing the Sun.

Construction of the tower began in 1963, and it was commissioned in 1969. The shaft of the tower has a diameter of , and, at a height of , the tower has an observatory floor with a diameter of . The shaft of the tower consists of two concrete tubes which are separated by a air spelt in order to avoid wind induced vibrations.

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