Solar Vector Magnetic Field Research

The principal effort was development and flight of the Flare Genesis Experiment (FGE). The FGE is a balloon borne solar telescope that can provide the sharpest view ever of the evolution of activity on the Sun. The goal of the FGE is to obtain the observations needed for a breakthrough in solar flar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rust, David M.
Other Authors: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV LAUREL MD APPLIED PHYSICS LAB
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1997
Subjects:
Astronomy
Photography
*TELESCOPES
*ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS
*SOLAR FLARES
IMAGE PROCESSING
MAGNETIC FIELDS
THERMAL IMAGES
ADAPTIVE OPTICS
SUN
BALLOONS
FGE(FLARE GENESIS EXPERIMENT)
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA337337
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Summary:The principal effort was development and flight of the Flare Genesis Experiment (FGE). The FGE is a balloon borne solar telescope that can provide the sharpest view ever of the evolution of activity on the Sun. The goal of the FGE is to obtain the observations needed for a breakthrough in solar flare research both sooner and at significantly lower cost than either a satellite or adaptive optics can offer. The FGE flight was a historic first. This effort has shown that a meter class solar telescope can take advantage of the modern long duration ballooning program in Antarctica to achieve science goals that are central to solar activity research.

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