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Marshall Space Flight Center's Tower Vector Magnetograph: Upgrades, Hardware, and Operations for the HESSI MissionThe Marshall Space Flight Center's (MSFC) solar group announces the successful upgrade of our tower vector magnetograph. In operation since 1973, the last major alterations to the system (which includes telescope, filter, polarizing optics, camera, and data acquisition computer) were made in 1982, when we upgraded from an SEC Vidicon camera to a CCD. In 1985, other changes were made which increased the field-of-view from 5 x 5 arc min (2.4 arc sec per pixel) to 6 x 6 arc min with a resolution of 2.81 arc sec. In 1989, the Apollo Telescope Mount H-alpha telescope was coaligned with the optics of the magnetograph. The most recent upgrades (year 2000), funded to support the High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (HESSI) mission, have resulted in a pixel size of 0.64 arc sec over a 7 x 5.2 arc min field-of-view (binning 1x1). This poster describes the physical characteristics of the new system and compares spatial resolution, timing, and versatility with the old system. Finally, we provide a description of our Internet web site, which includes images of our most recent observations, and links to our data archives, as well as the history of magnetography at MSFC and education outreach pages.
Document ID
20010075159
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Adams, M. L.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Hagyard, M. J.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
West, E. A.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Smith, J. E.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Whitaker, Ann F.
Date Acquired
August 20, 2013
Publication Date
January 24, 2001
Subject Category
Instrumentation And Photography
Meeting Information
Meeting: Solar Physics Division Meeting
Location: Boston, MA
Country: United States
Start Date: May 31, 2001
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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