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Development of an Instrument Based on a Fibre-Bonded CCD Camera for Prominence Observations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

V. K. Verma
Affiliation:
Uttar Pradesh State Observatory, NainiTal–263129, India
Wahab Uddin
Affiliation:
Uttar Pradesh State Observatory, NainiTal–263129, India
V.P. Gaur
Affiliation:
Uttar Pradesh State Observatory, NainiTal–263129, India

Abstract

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We have devloped and tested an instrument based on a fibrebonded CCD camera for observations of solar prominences. To record faint prominences we have used a solid aluminized glass cone which reflects bright solar disc light outside the telescope tube. The prominence monitor is installed at the back end of a 15-cm f/15 coude refractor telescope after the H-alpha filter. This prominence monitor is capable of recording prominence images at an interval of 5 sec, but during prominence eruptions it can record images at an interval of 2 sec.

Type
Instrumentation
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1998

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