Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-08-16
vol. 120,pp. 16-19, 2008
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
5 pages, 4 figures. Accepted by PASP
Scientific paper
10.1086/525058
Solar mid-IR observations in the 8-15 micrometer band continuum with moderate angular resolution (18 arcseconds) reveal the presence of bright structures surrounding sunspots. These plage-like features present good association with calcium CaII K1v plages and active region magnetograms. We describe a new optical setup with reflecting mirrors to produce solar images on the focal plane array of uncooled bolometers of a commercial camera preceded by germanium optics. First observations of a sunspot on September 11, 2006 show a mid-IR continuum plage exhibiting spatial distribution closely associated with CaII K1v line plage and magnetogram structures. The mid-IR continuum bright plage is about 140 K hotter than the neighboring photospheric regions, consistent with hot plasma confined by the magnetic spatial structures in and above the active region
Kaufmann Patrik
Kudaka Amauri S.
Marcon Rogerio
Melo Arline M.
Tandberg-Hanssen Einar
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