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The studies related to the seismic investigation of
the Sun are carried out using the data obtained from GONG and the space missions SOHO and SDO. We are
a part of the international network of six ground based telescopes known as GONG which is dedicated to the
continuous observations of the Sun aimed for helioseismology. The data from these instruments are also used
to study the impulsive velocity flows on the Sun's surface taking place during solar energetic events. These impulsive flows are
correlated with the high energy emissions in the solar environment like H-alpha brightenings and X-ray
emissions. The ground based daily H-alpha observations from USO and space based X-ray observations from RHESSI and
GOES are used for analysing these solar transients.
Estimation of astronomical seeing is very important for ground based high resolution observations.
A study has been carried out at the lake site of USO using burst of solar H-alpha images to estimate the diurnal and
seasonal variations in seeing. The results from this study have helped in the design and development of a
solar adaptive optics (SAO) system at USO. The SAO is now deployed on the Multi-Application
Solar Telescope (MAST) of USO for high resolution observations of the Sun simultaneously at different heights.
The MAST is now operational and giving very good quality high-resolution images of the Sun. The multi-height
narrow-band filtergrams obtained from MAST will be useful for the study of propagation of waves in the active regions.
The spectro-polarimetric observations from MAST will be used to study the velocity and magnetic transients appearing
during the large flares and their influences in the solar atmosphere.