Solar may refer to:

Astronomy

* Of or relating to the Sun **

Solar telescope A solar telescope is a special purpose telescope used to observe the Sun. Solar telescopes usually detect light with wavelengths in, or not far outside, the visible spectrum. Obsolete names for Sun telescopes include heliograph and photoheliograph ...

, 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 essenti ...

(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. T ...

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

Solar Maximum Mission The Solar Maximum Mission satellite (or SolarMax) was designed to investigate Sun, Solar phenomena, particularly solar flares. It was launched on February 14, 1980. The SMM was the first satellite based on the Multimission Modular Spacecraft bus ...

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

Geography

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

Companies

* Solar Entertainment Corporation, a Philippines television and radio media company * Solar TV, a former TV channel * Solar Television Network, Inc., a former name of the media company Nine Media Corporation ** Solar News Channel, 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 or solar power * Solar panel * USS Solar (DE-221), USS ''Solar'' (DE-221), a ship * Wright Solar, a bus body

Other uses

* Solar (comics), an American fictional comic book character * Solar (novel), ''Solar'' (novel), by Ian McEwan * Solar (room), a place in many medieval homes * ''Solar 2'', a 2011 video game * ''Solar'', a variant of diesel fuel sold in Indonesia