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11 February 2003 SUNRISE: a balloon-borne telescope for high resolution solar observations in the visible and UV
Sami K. Solanki, Achim M. Gandorfer, Manfred Schuessler, W. Curdt, Bruce W. Lites, Valentin Martinez-Pillet, Wolfgang Schmidt, Alan M. Title
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Sunrise is a light-weight solar telescope with a 1 m aperture for spectro-polarimetric observations of the solar atmosphere. The telescope is planned to be operated during a series of long-duration balloon flights in order to obtain time series of spectra and images at the diffraction-limit and to study the UV spectral region down to ~200 nm, which is not accessible from the ground. The central aim of Sunrise is to understand the structure and dynamics of the magnetic field in the solar atmosphere. Through its interaction with the convective flow field, the magnetic field in the solar photosphere develops intense field concentrations on scales below 100 km, which are crucial for the dynamics and energetics of the whole solar atmosphere. In addition, Sunrise aims to provide information on the structure and dynamics of the solar chromosphere and on the physics of solar irradiance changes. Sunrise is a joint project of the Max-Planck-Institut fuer Aeronomie (MPAe), 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 Instituto de Astrofi sica de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife. In addition, there are close contacts with associated scientists from a variety of institutes.
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Sami K. Solanki, Achim M. Gandorfer, Manfred Schuessler, W. Curdt, Bruce W. Lites, Valentin Martinez-Pillet, Wolfgang Schmidt, and Alan M. Title "SUNRISE: a balloon-borne telescope for high resolution solar observations in the visible and UV", Proc. SPIE 4853, Innovative Telescopes and Instrumentation for Solar Astrophysics, (11 February 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.460283
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KEYWORDS
Magnetism

Telescopes

Mirrors

Solar processes

Optical filters

CCD cameras

Polarimetry

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