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| Paper: |
Eyes on the Sun: Solar Instrumentation |
| Volume: |
470, 370 Years of Astronomy in Utrecht |
| Page: |
83 |
| Authors: |
Uitenbroek, H. |
| Abstract: |
Solar Physics is at the threshold of a new era of high spatial resolution
observations with a number of large aperture facilities coming on-line.
These facilities will allow us to come closer to resolving phenomena
that result from the interaction of plasma with magnetic fields at their
natural spatial and temporal scales, an opportunity that is unique in
astrophysics. In this paper I review what makes solar telescopes, special,
what a typical solar telescope looks like, and how future facilities
will be constructed. The design and development of the Utrecht built
Dutch Open Telescope (DOT) has contributed significantly to the new
directions that the designs of these new facilities have taken. |
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