A solar Lyman alpha coronagraph

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy

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Coronagraphs, Lyman Alpha Radiation, Ultraviolet Telescopes, Birefringent Filters, Diffraction, Light Scattering, Occultation, Paraboloid Mirrors, Solar Flares

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An all reflecting externally and internally occulting solar coronagraph which can be used for observations of the sun in the hydrogen Lyman-alpha line is described. In the particular design considered and tested, a multiple occulting disk assembly is integrated with a Gregorian telescope in such a way that (1) scattered and diffracted light is minimized, and (2) a large effective collecting area (16 sq cm) as compared to the total telescope length (95 cm) is obtained. The telescope is sun-centered pointed and has a large field of view (2.3 degrees diameter). Its image can be used to feed a multiple slit spectrograph, a camera using a Lyman-alpha interference filter or other instrumentation which can make use of the availability of a full coronal image.

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