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Solar-B Instruments
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- Solar Optical Telescope
- The Solar Optical Telescope (SOT) (click here for more information) is composed of two main parts: an optical telesope assembly, which holds the mirrors and other optics of the instrument and a focal plane package,
which uses polarizing optics to measure magnetic fields in the solar photosphere. The Solar Optical Telescope will obtain measurements of the magnetic field with a spatial resolution of 0.2 arcseconds
and will become the first telescope in space to measure the Sun's three-dimensional magnetic field vector.
- Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer
- Built by a consortium led by the UK's Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL),
the
Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) has a total length of 3 meters. EIS will
obtain high-cadence, monochromatic images of the transition region and corona of the Sun.
- Solar X-Ray Telescope
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The High Energy Astrophysics Division of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory is building the
Solar X-ray Telescope (SXT)
for Solar-B. Similar to the X-ray telescope of Yohkoh, the new SXT will have
significant improvements in spatial resolution and temperature response. The focal length of the telescope will be 2.7 meters and when combined with imaging electronics, will yield a resolution of 1.0 arcsec.
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