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EP: Fachverband Extraterrestrische Physik
EP 8: Sun II
EP 8.1: Invited Talk
Wednesday, April 1, 2009, 11:10–11:40, Zahnklinik
SUNRISE: High resolution UV/VIS observations of the Sun from the stratosphere — •Achim Gandorfer1, Peter Barthol1, Sami Solanki1, Manfred Schüssler1, Michael Knoelker2, Valentin Martinez Pillet3, Wolfgang Schmidt4, and Alan Title5 — 1Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Max-Planck-Strasse 2, D-37191 Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany — 2High Altitude Observatory, NCAR, 3080 Center Green, Boulder, CO 80301, USA — 3Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, C/Via Láctea, s/n 38205, La Laguna, E-38200 Tenerife, Spain — 4Kiepenheuer-Institut für Sonnenphysik, Schöneckstr. 6, 79104 Freiburg, Germany — 5Lockheed-Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory, 3251 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA)
SUNRISE is an international project for the development, construction and operation of a balloon-borne solar telescope with an aperture of 1 m, working in the UV/VIS spectral domain. The main scientific goal of SUNRISE is to understand the structure and dynamics of the magnetic field in the atmosphere of the Sun. SUNRISE will provide near diffraction-limited images of the photosphere and chromosphere with an unprecedented resolution down to 35 km on the solar surface. The first stratospheric long-duration balloon flight of SUNRISE is planned in summer 2009 from the Swedish ESRANGE station. This paper will give an overview about the mission and a description of its scientific and technological aspects.