Goldhelox: a soft X-ray solar telescope.

Details Goldhelox: a soft X-ray solar telescope. Goldhelox: a soft X-ray solar telescope.

Mar 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995jxst....5...20d&link_type=abstract

J. X-Ray Sci. Technol., Vol. 5, No. 1, p. 20 - 28

Physics

2

X-Ray Telescopes: Solar X Rays

Scientific paper

The Goldhelox Project is the construction and use of a near-normal incidence soft X-ray robotic solar telescope by undergraduate students at Brigham Young University. Once it is completed and tested, it will be deployed from a Get-Away-Special (GAS) canister in the bay of a Space Shuttle. It will image the Sun at a wavelength of 171 - 181 Å with a time resolution of 1 sec and a spatial resolution of 2.5 arcsec. The observational bandpass was chosen to image X-rays from highly ionized coronal Fe lines. The data will be an aid in better understanding the beginning phases of solar flares and how flaring relates to the physics of the corona-chromosphere transition region. Goldhelox is tentatively scheduled to fly on a Space Shuttle sometime in 1995 or 1996. This paper outlines the project goals, basic instrument design, and the unique aspects of making this an undergraduate endeavor.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Goldhelox: a soft X-ray solar telescope. does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Goldhelox: a soft X-ray solar telescope., we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Goldhelox: a soft X-ray solar telescope. will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-845087