The New Solar Telescope (NST): What’s Next ?
Abstract
The 1.6 m, off-axis, clear aperture New Solar Telescope (NST) has been in regular operation in Big Bear Solar Observatory since 2009. The NST is the first facility class solar telescope built in the U.S. in a generation, which already offers a significant improvement in ground-based high angular resolution capabilities. This presentation reports the up-to-date progress on the NST and its 2nd generation instruments including the AO system (AO-308), the Near-InfraRed Imaging Spectro-polarimeter (NIRIS), the Visible Imaging Spectrometer (VIS), and the Cryogenic Infrared Spectrograph (CYRA).
- Publication:
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AAS/Solar Physics Division Abstracts #44
- Pub Date:
- July 2013
- Bibcode:
- 2013SPD....4440006C