Multiwavelength imaging system for the Dutch Open Telescope

Felix C.M. Bettonvil; Peter Suetterlin; Robert H. Hammerschlag; Aswin P.L. Jagers; Robert J. Rutten

doi:10.1117/12.460287

11 February 2003 Multi-wavelength imaging system for the Dutch Open Telescope

Felix C.M. Bettonvil, Peter Suetterlin, Robert H. Hammerschlag, Aswin P.L. Jagers, Robert J. Rutten

Proceedings Volume 4853, Innovative Telescopes and Instrumentation for Solar Astrophysics; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.460287
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2002, Waikoloa, Hawai'i, United States

Abstract

The Dutch Open Telescope (DOT) is an innovative solar telescope, completely open, on an open steel tower, without a vacuum system. The aim is long-duration high resolution imaging and in order to achieve this the DOT is equipped with a diffraction limited imaging system in combination with a data acquisition system designed for use with the speckle masking reconstruction technique for removing atmospheric aberrations. Currently the DOT is being equipped with a multi-wavelength system forming a high-resolution tomographic imager of magnetic fine structure, topology and dynamics in the photosphere and low- and high chromosphere. Finally the system will contain 6 channels: G-band (430.5 nm), Ca II H (K) (396.8 nm), H-α (656.3 nm), Ba II (455.4 nm), and two continuum channels (432 and 651 nm). Two channels are in full operation now and observations show that the DOT produces real diffraction limited movies (with 0.2" resolution) over hours in G-band (430.5 nm) and continuum (432 nm).

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Felix C.M. Bettonvil, Peter Suetterlin, Robert H. Hammerschlag, Aswin P.L. Jagers, and Robert J. Rutten "Multi-wavelength imaging system for the Dutch Open Telescope", Proc. SPIE 4853, Innovative Telescopes and Instrumentation for Solar Astrophysics, (11 February 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.460287

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