The National Science Foundation’s Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope: status and first results

Thomas Rimmele; Mark Warner; Roberto Casini; Jeffery Kuhn; Haosheng Lin; Friedrich Wöger; Alexandra Tritschler; Alisdair Davey; Alfred de Wijn; Andre Fehlmann; David M. Harrington; Sarah A. Jaeggli; Thomas A. Schad; Tetsu Anan; Christian Beck; Heather K. Marshall; Paul F. Jeffers; Andrew Beard; David C. Berst; Eric Cross; Bryan K. Cummings; Colleen Donneley; Arthur D. Eigenbrot; Andrew Ferayorni; Christopher Foster; Chriselle Ann Galapon; Bret D. Goodrich; Brian S. Gregory; Stephanie S. Guzman; Stephen Guzzo; John R. Hubbard; Erik M. Johansson; Luke C. Johnson; Mary Liang; Brialyn Onodera; Myles M. Puentes; Lukas M. Rimmele; Erik Starman; Stacey R. Sueoka; Richard T. Summers; Aimee Szabo; Louis Szabo; Timothy R. Williams; Charles White

doi:10.1117/12.2644469

29 August 2022 The National Science Foundation’s Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope: status and first results

Thomas Rimmele, Mark Warner, Roberto Casini, Jeffery Kuhn, Haosheng Lin, Friedrich Wöger, Alexandra Tritschler, Alisdair Davey, Alfred de Wijn, Andre Fehlmann, David M. Harrington, Sarah A. Jaeggli, Thomas A. Schad, Tetsu Anan, Christian Beck, Heather K. Marshall, Paul F. Jeffers, Andrew Beard, David C. Berst, Eric Cross, Bryan K. Cummings, Colleen Donneley, Arthur D. Eigenbrot, Andrew Ferayorni, Christopher Foster, Chriselle Ann Galapon, Bret D. Goodrich, Brian S. Gregory, Stephanie S. Guzman, Stephen Guzzo, John R. Hubbard, Erik M. Johansson, Luke C. Johnson, Mary Liang, Brialyn Onodera, Myles M. Puentes, Lukas M. Rimmele, Erik Starman, Stacey R. Sueoka, Richard T. Summers, Aimee Szabo, Louis Szabo, Timothy R. Williams, Charles White

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Proceedings Volume 12182, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IX; 121820Z (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2644469
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2022, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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The National Science Foundation’s 4m Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) on Haleakala, Maui is now the largest solar telescope in the world. DKIST’s superb resolution and polarimetric sensitivity will enable astronomers to unravel many of the mysteries the Sun presents, including the origin of solar magnetism, the mechanisms of coronal heating and drivers of flares and coronal mass ejections. Five instruments, four of which provide highly sensitive measurements of solar magnetic fields, including the illusive magnetic field of the faint solar corona. DKIST operates as a coronagraph at infrared wavelengths where the sky background is low and bright coronal emission lines are available. The high-order, single-conjugate adaptive optics system (AO) provides diffraction limited imaging and the ability to resolve features approximately 20 km on the Sun. A multi-conjugate AO upgrade is in progress. With these unique capabilities DKIST will address basic research aspects of Space Weather and help improve predictive capabilities. DKIST has completed construction and is now in the early phases of operations. Community proposal-based shared-risk observations are conducted by the DKIST operations team.

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Thomas Rimmele, Mark Warner, Roberto Casini, Jeffery Kuhn, Haosheng Lin, Friedrich Wöger, Alexandra Tritschler, Alisdair Davey, Alfred de Wijn, Andre Fehlmann, David M. Harrington, Sarah A. Jaeggli, Thomas A. Schad, Tetsu Anan, Christian Beck, Heather K. Marshall, Paul F. Jeffers, Andrew Beard, David C. Berst, Eric Cross, Bryan K. Cummings, Colleen Donneley, Arthur D. Eigenbrot, Andrew Ferayorni, Christopher Foster, Chriselle Ann Galapon, Bret D. Goodrich, Brian S. Gregory, Stephanie S. Guzman, Stephen Guzzo, John R. Hubbard, Erik M. Johansson, Luke C. Johnson, Mary Liang, Brialyn Onodera, Myles M. Puentes, Lukas M. Rimmele, Erik Starman, Stacey R. Sueoka, Richard T. Summers, Aimee Szabo, Louis Szabo, Timothy R. Williams, and Charles White "The National Science Foundation’s Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope: status and first results", Proc. SPIE 12182, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IX, 121820Z (29 August 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2644469

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