The Sun at high resolution : First results from the Sunrise mission

S. K. Solanki, P. Barthol, S. Danilovic, A. Feller, A. Gandorfer, J. Hirzberger, A. Lagg, T. L. Riethmüller, M. Schüssler, T. Wiegelmann, J. A. Bonet, V. Martínez Pillet, E. Khomenko, J. C. Del Toro Iniesta, V. Domingo, J. Palacios, M. Knölker, N. Bello González, J. M. Borrero, T. BerkefeldM. Franz, M. Roth, W. Schmidt, O. Steiner, A. M. Title

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Abstract

The Sunrise balloon-borne solar observatory consists of a 1m aperture Gregory telescope, a UV filter imager, an imaging vector polarimeter, an image stabilization system and further infrastructure. The first science flight of Sunrise yielded high-quality data that reveal the structure, dynamics and evolution of solar convection, oscillations and magnetic fields at a resolution of around 100 km in the quiet Sun. Here we describe very briefly the mission and the first results obtained from the Sunrise data, which include a number of discoveries.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Physics of Sun and Star Spots
EditorsDebi Prasad Choudhary, Klaus Strassmeier
PublisherCambridge University Press
Pages226-232
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)9780521760621
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2010
MoE publication typeA4 Conference publication

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Astronomical Union
NumberS273
Volume6
ISSN (Print)1743-9213
ISSN (Electronic)1743-9221

Keywords

  • Instrumentation
  • Quiet sun
  • Sunrise
  • Telescope

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