The Solar Optical Telescope /SOT/

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Dec 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981ssrv...29..333j&link_type=abstract

(Schweizerische Naturforschende Gesellschaft and Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule Zuerich, Conference on Solar Physics from

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Photosphere, Solar Atmosphere, Solar Instruments, Spaceborne Telescopes, Spacelab Payloads, Spatial Resolution, Atmospheric Heating, Chromosphere, High Resolution, Solar Magnetic Field, Wave Propagation

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The Solar Optical Telescope (SOT) is a 1-m class, high resolution solar telescope which NASA plans to operate on the Shuttle Spacelab during the mid and late 1980's. SOT will provide resolution down to 0.1 arcsec, and can therefore be used to solve many problems of solar atmosphere structure and dynamics. In particular, SOT should provide definite data on (1) the source of the sun's magnetic field, (2) the amount of power in waves generated in the photosphere, (3) the heating of the chromosphere, and (4) the local and global mass and energy balance in the solar transition region. The SOT Scientific Working Group will help plan, develop, and update the overall scientific plan for the SOT, as well as make recommendations with regard to the SOT project, instrumentation optimization, and scientific data management.

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