Instrumentation for the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope

Thomas R. Rimmele; Robert P. Hubbard; K. S. Balasubramaniam; Tom Berger; David Elmore; G. Allen Gary; Don Jennings; Christoph Keller; Jeff Kuhn; Haosheng Lin; Don Mickey; Gilberto Moretto; Hector Socas-Navarro; Jan O. Stenflo; Haimin Wang

doi:10.1117/12.551853

30 September 2004 Instrumentation for the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope

Thomas R. Rimmele, Robert P. Hubbard, K. S. Balasubramaniam, Tom Berger, David Elmore, G. Allen Gary, Don Jennings, Christoph Keller, Jeff Kuhn, Haosheng Lin, Don Mickey, Gilberto Moretto, Hector Socas-Navarro, Jan O. Stenflo, Haimin Wang

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Proceedings Volume 5492, Ground-based Instrumentation for Astronomy; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551853
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2004, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Abstract

The 4-m aperture Advanced Technology Solar Telescope (ATST) is the next generation ground based solar telescope. In this paper we provide an overview of the ATST post-focus instrumentation. The majority of ATST instrumentation is located in an instrument Coude lab facility, where a rotating platform provides image de-rotation. A high order adaptive optics system delivers a corrected beam to the Coude lab facility. Alternatively, instruments can be mounted at Nasmyth or a small Gregorian area. For example, instruments for observing the faint corona preferably will be mounted at Nasmyth focus where maximum throughput is achieved. In addition, the Nasmyth focus has minimum telescope polarization and minimum stray light. We describe the set of first generation instruments, which include a Visible-Light Broadband Imager (VLBI), Visible and Near-Infrared (NIR) Spectropolarimeters, Visible and NIR Tunable Filters, a Thermal-Infrared Polarimeter & Spectrometer and a UV-Polarimeter. We also discuss unique and efficient approaches to the ATST instrumentation, which builds on the use of common components such as detector systems, polarimetry packages and various opto-mechanical components.

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Thomas R. Rimmele, Robert P. Hubbard, K. S. Balasubramaniam, Tom Berger, David Elmore, G. Allen Gary, Don Jennings, Christoph Keller, Jeff Kuhn, Haosheng Lin, Don Mickey, Gilberto Moretto, Hector Socas-Navarro, Jan O. Stenflo, and Haimin Wang "Instrumentation for the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope", Proc. SPIE 5492, Ground-based Instrumentation for Astronomy, (30 September 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551853

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