SUNRISE: high-resolution UV/VIS observations of the Sun from the
stratosphere
Solanki, Sami K., Gandorfer, Achim M.; Schuessler, Manfred; Barthol, Peter
(Max-Planck-Institut for Solar System Research (Germany));
Lites, Bruce W.(High Altitude Observatory (USA));
Martinez Pillet, Valentin (Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (Spain));
Schmidt, Wolfgang (Kiepenheuer-Institut fuer Sonnenphysik (Germany));
Title, Alan M. (Lockheed-Martin Solar and Astrophysics Lab. (USA));
and the SUNRISE team
SUNRISE is a balloon-borne solar telescope with an aperture of 1m, working in
the UV/VIS optical domain. The main scientific goal of SUNRISE is to
understand the structure and dynamics of the magnetic field in the atmosphere
of the Sun. SUNRISE will provide diffraction-limited images of the
photosphere and chromosphere with an unpredecented resolution down to 35km at
wavelengths around 220nm. Focal-plane instruments are a
spectrograph/polarimeter, a Fabry-Perot filter magnetograph, and a filter
imager. Stratospheric long-duration balloon flights of SUNRISE over
Antarctica and/or the North Atlantic are planned. SUNRISE is a joint project
of the Max-Planck-Institut fuer Sonnensystemforschung (MPS),
Katlenburg-Lindau, with the Kiepenheuer-Institut fuer Sonnenphysik (KIS),
Freiburg, the High-Altitude Observatory (HAO), Boulder, the Lockheed-Martin
Solar and Astrophysics Lab. (LMSAL), Palo Alto, and the spanish IMaX
consortium. In this paper we will present an overview on the mission and give
a description of the instrumentation, now, at the beginning of the hardware
construction phase.
Correspondence
Solanki, Sami K., Max-Planck-Institut fuer Sonnensystemforschung (Germany)
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