Observations of Solar Structures and Oscillations with Infrared CO Absorption Lines

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy

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Observations of several infrared absorption lines from the CO molecule have been made with the NSO Array Camera at the McMath/Pierce Telescope at Kitt Peak. The NAC provides cleaner slit spectra than previously obtained with older camera systems, and we are able to fit the CO line profiles to measure line depth, position and width. Spectroheliograms are produced from these quantities,and the observations show the well-known CO limb darkening, emission just above the continuum limb, increasing line width at the limb, and decreased absorption line strength near a hot, presumably magnetic feature. Time sequence observations show solar oscillations in the line strength and central wavelength and continuum brightness, and for the first time oscillations are measured using the CO line width. Velocity maps in the CO lines near the limb show steady horizontal flows in supergranule-like features.

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