High Resolution Telescope and Spectrograph (HRTS)
Abstract
The major objectives of the high resolution telescope and spectrograph (HRTS) are: (1) the investigation of the energy balance and mass balance of the temperature minimum, chromosphere, transition zone, and corona in quiet regions on the Sun as well as in plages, flares, and sunspots; (2) the investigation of the velocity field of the lower corona to study the origin of the solar wind; and (3) the investigation of preflare and flare phenomena. The HRTS instruments consists of a telescope, an ultraviolet spectrograph, an ultraviolet spectroheliograph, and an H alpha slit display system, all housed in a thermal control cannister mounted on an instrument pointing system.
- Publication:
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Solar Terrestrial Observatory Space Station Workshop Report
- Pub Date:
- January 1986
- Bibcode:
- 1986stos.work....6M
- Keywords:
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- Solar Flares;
- Solar Observatories;
- Space Stations;
- Spectroheliographs;
- Sun;
- Sunspots;
- Telescopes;
- Ultraviolet Spectrometers;
- Display Devices;
- Energy Distribution;
- Mass Distribution;
- Pointing Control Systems;
- Spacelab Payloads;
- Spacecraft Instrumentation