First light images at DKIST, the new largest solar telescope in the world
Istituto ricerche solari Aldo e Cele Daccò
This is a great moment for solar physics. The National Solar Observatory (NSO) just published the first light images obtained with DKIST: the new largest telescope in the world.
The first images show the granular structures with many details and with unprecedented resolution. DKIST observations are expected to provide a large amount of new interesting information about solar phenomena.
IRSOL collaborates with the Leibniz-Institut for Solar Physics (KIS) in Freiburg on the construction of the Visible Tunable Filter (VTF) to be installed at DKIST. This will allow to obtain spectro-polarimetric with unprecedented resolution, allowing scientists to study in detail the solar magnetic field, responsible of solar activity and transient solar events.
DKIST observations will provide an important opportunity to test the numerical and the theoretical models developed by IRSOL researchers in collaboration with the Institute of Computational Science at Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) and the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS). IRSOL staff congratulates with NSO colleagues for this important and successful achievement.
For more information: https://www.nso.edu/inouye-solar-telescope-first-light
