JERUSALEM, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Israel has launched its first national solar observatory in the Druze town of Isfiya, northern Israel, the country's Ministry of Innovation, Science, and Technology said Tuesday.

The observatory, named Solaris and built by Israeli company Space Valley with a ministry investment of 1.75 million shekels (about 490,470 U.S. dollars), will focus on solar system research, particularly the sun, the ministry said in a statement.

Equipped with four advanced telescopes for high-quality observations, the observatory is also expected to serve as a regional educational center with a visitors' center and a mobile planetarium, the ministry added.

According to the statement, the observatory aims to promote collaboration between academia and industry and advance research in solar radiation and its impacts. Enditem

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