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Scientific Programmes with India's National Large Solar Telescope and their contribution to Prominence Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2014

S. S. Hasan
S. S. Hasan*
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore 560034, India email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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The primary objective of the 2-m National Large Solar Telescope (NLST) is to study the solar atmosphere with high spatial and spectral resolution. With an innovative optical design, NLST is an on-axis Gregorian telescope with a low number of optical elements and a high throughput. In addition, it is equipped with a high order adaptive optics system to produce close to diffraction limited performance.

NLST will address a large number of scientific questions with a focus on high resolution observations. With NLST, high spatial resolution observations of prominences will be possible in multiple spectral lines. Studies of magnetic fields, filament eruptions as a whole, and the dynamics of filaments on fine scales using high resolution observations will be some of the major areas of focus.

Keywords

Solar telescopeSolar magnetic fieldsSolar observationsSolar prominences
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 8 , Symposium S300: Nature of Prominences and their role in Space Weather , June 2013 , pp. 355 - 361
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2013 

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