A US national solar observatory atop Haleakala on the Hawaiian island of Maui, completed in 2019 with a 4-meter primary mirror that makes it the largest and most powerful solar telescope in the world. Its first published images resolved solar surface features down to roughly 30 kilometers across, the finest detail ever seen on the Sun from the ground.
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Observatory Typeground-based solar telescope 2 LocationHaleakala Observatory, Maui, Hawaii, United States 2 Measuresthe Sun's magnetic fields, from the photosphere to the corona 3 Operating PrincipleAn off-axis design that reduces scattered light, combined with polarimetry, enables measurement of coronal magnetic fields 3 Classification
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1. Largest imaging spectro-polarimeter achieves first light at the NSF Daniel K. Inouye solar telescope - EurekAlert!
VTF first light announcement, wavelength sentenceQuote, VTF first light announcement, wavelength sentence
A narrow-band image of the Sun at a wavelength of 588.9nm, that of a well known solar sodium line also known as the 'NaD line.'
2. Wikipedia: Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope
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The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) is a scientific facility for studies of the Sun at Haleakala Observatory on the Hawaiian island of Maui.
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The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) is a scientific facility for studies of the Sun at Haleakala Observatory on the Hawaiian island of Maui.
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the completed telescope provided images of the sun in unprecedented detail in December 2019.
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Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) is a scientific facility for studies of the Sun at Haleakala Observatory on the Hawaiian island of Maui.
Operated By: National Science Foundation, Article text: operator
The DKIST is funded by National Science Foundation and managed by the National Solar Observatory.
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Telescope overview page
With a wavelength range of 380 - 5000 nm, the DKIST provides unprecedented magnetic field measurements from the photosphere to the corona up to 1.5 solar radii.
Telescope capabilities page
A combination of an off-axis design, to reduce scattered light, and cutting edge polarimetery produces the first ongoing measurements of the magnetic fields in the Sun's corona.
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