Multi-Spectral Solar Telescope Array IX: quantitative measurements of the solar corona

Craig Edward DeForest; Arthur B. C. Walker Jr.; Maxwell J. Allen; Richard B. Hoover; Troy W. Barbee Jr.

doi:10.1117/12.212596

20 June 1995 Multi-Spectral Solar Telescope Array IX: quantitative measurements of the solar corona

Craig Edward DeForest, Arthur B. C. Walker Jr., Maxwell J. Allen, Richard B. Hoover, Troy W. Barbee Jr.

Proceedings Volume 2515, X-Ray and Extreme Ultraviolet Optics; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.212596
Event: SPIE's 1995 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1995, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The Multi-Spectral Solar Telescope Array (MSSTA) is a rocket borne cluster of normal- incidence multilayer coated telescopes for the high-resolution study of the solar atmosphere and corona. In previous papers, we have described the design, calibration, and flight of the MSSTA, and reported qualitative results of those solar observations. In the present paper, we describe the MSSTA's measured quantitative instrument response to the optically thin solar coronal plasma, and present an example of the derivation of solar temperature and density diagnostic information from four photographic images obtained during the instrument's successful inaugural flight in 1991.

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Craig Edward DeForest, Arthur B. C. Walker Jr., Maxwell J. Allen, Richard B. Hoover, and Troy W. Barbee Jr. "Multi-Spectral Solar Telescope Array IX: quantitative measurements of the solar corona", Proc. SPIE 2515, X-Ray and Extreme Ultraviolet Optics, (20 June 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.212596

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