Solar may refer to:

Astronomy

* Of or relating to the Sun ** Solar telescope, a special purpose telescope used to observe the Sun ** A device that utilizes

solar energy Solar energy is radiant light and heat from the Sun that is harnessed using a range of technologies such as solar power to generate electricity, solar thermal energy (including solar water heating), and solar architecture. It is an ...

(e.g. "

solar panels A solar cell panel, solar electric panel, photo-voltaic (PV) module, PV panel or solar panel is an assembly of photovoltaic solar cells mounted in a (usually rectangular) frame, and a neatly organised collection of PV panels is called a phot ...

") **

Solar calendar A solar calendar is a calendar whose dates indicate the season or almost equivalently the apparent position of the Sun relative to the stars. The Gregorian calendar, widely accepted as a standard in the world, is an example of a solar calendar ...

, a calendar whose dates indicate the position of the Earth on its revolution around the Sun * Solar Maximum Mission, a satellite *

SOLAR (ISS) SOLAR was an European Space Agency, ESA science observatory on the Columbus (ISS module), Columbus Laboratory, which is part of the International Space Station. SOLAR was launched with Columbus on February 2008 aboard STS-122. It was externally ...

, an observatory on International Space Station

Music

* "Solar" (composition), attributed to Miles Davis * ''Solar'' (Red Garland album), 1962 * ''Solar'' (Taeyang album), 2010 * ''Solar'', a 2011 album by Rubik * "Solar", a song by Northlane from '' Mesmer'', 2017 *

SOLAR Records SOLAR (acronym for Sound of Los Angeles Records) was an American record label founded in 1977 by Dick Griffey, reconstituted out of Soul Train Records only two years after it was founded with ''Soul Train'' television show host and creator Don C ...

, a record label

Geography

* Solar (Spanish term), a type of urban site * Solar, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom * Solar, Erode, India *

Solar, Iran Sular ( fa, سولار, also Romanized as Sūlār; also known as Solār and Sūlāv) is a village in Manzariyeh Rural District, in the Central District of Shahreza County, Isfahan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republ ...

, Iran

Companies

* Solar Entertainment Corporation, a Philippines television and radio media company *

Solar TV Solar TV (stylized as SOLARtv) was the flagship television network of Solar Entertainment Corporation's television arm subsidiary Solar TV Network, Inc., which is the replacement of C/S 9. This was the revival of the former Solar channel So ...

, a former TV channel * Solar Television Network, Inc., a former name of the media company

Nine Media Corporation Nine Media Corporation (formerly known as Solar Television Network, Inc. or STVNI) is a Filipino-based media company. Formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of Solar Entertainment Corporation (SEC), a multimedia television and film company of the ...

Solar News Channel Solar News Channel (SNC) was a major commercial television network in the Philippines, owned by Solar Entertainment Corporation's arm television subsidiary of Solar Television Network lease with its owner by Radio Philippines Network. Its ...

, a defunct television news channel in the Philippines (terrestrial) * Solar Turbines, a gas turbine company

People

* Solar (name), list of people with the name * Solar (singer) (born 1991), leader and main vocalist of Korean girl group Mamamoo

Technology

Solar energy Solar energy is radiant light and heat from the Sun that is harnessed using a range of technologies such as solar power to generate electricity, solar thermal energy (including solar water heating), and solar architecture. It is an ...

or solar power *

Solar panel A solar cell panel, solar electric panel, photo-voltaic (PV) module, PV panel or solar panel is an assembly of photovoltaic solar cells mounted in a (usually rectangular) frame, and a neatly organised collection of PV panels is called a pho ...

* USS ''Solar'' (DE-221), a ship * Wright Solar, a bus body

Other uses

* Solar (comics), an American fictional comic book character * ''Solar'' (novel), by Ian McEwan *

Solar (room) The solar was a room in many English and French medieval manor houses, great houses and castles, mostly on an upper storey, designed as the family's private living and sleeping quarters. Within castles they are often called the "Lords' and Ladies ...

, a place in many medieval homes * ''

Solar 2 Solar 2 is an open world Sandbox (video games), sandbox video game developed by Australian developer Jay Watts' video game studio, Murudai. It was released on 17 June 2011 on Steam (service), Steam for Microsoft Windows and on 19 June 2011 on X ...

'', a 2011 video game * ''Solar'', a variant of

diesel fuel Diesel fuel , also called diesel oil, is any liquid fuel specifically designed for use in a diesel engine, a type of internal combustion engine in which fuel ignition takes place without a spark as a result of compression of the inlet air and ...

sold in Indonesia