Tunable H-alpha Lyot filter with advanced servo system and image processing: instrument design and new scientific results with the Dutch Open Telescope

Felix C. M. Bettonvil; Robert H. Hammerschlag; Peter Sütterlin; Robert J. Rutten; Aswin P. L. Jägers; Guus Sliepen

doi:10.1117/12.670754

27 June 2006 Tunable H-alpha Lyot filter with advanced servo system and image processing: instrument design and new scientific results with the Dutch Open Telescope

Felix C. M. Bettonvil, Robert H. Hammerschlag, Peter Sütterlin, Robert J. Rutten, Aswin P. L. Jägers, Guus Sliepen

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Proceedings Volume 6269, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy; 62690E (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670754
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2006, Orlando, Florida , United States

Abstract

The Dutch Open Telescope (DOT; http://dot.astro.uu.nl) on La Palma is a revolutionary open solar telescope, on an excellent site, on top of a transparent tower of steel framework, and uses natural air flow to minimize local seeing. The DOT is a high-resolution multi-wavelength imager capable of long-duration time series aiming at magnetic fine structure, topology and dynamics in the photosphere and low- and high chromosphere. In this paper we describe the latest addition to the multi-wavelength imaging system: a Lyot H-alpha camera channel operating at a wavelength of 656.3 nm, being of major interest for high-chromospheric phenomena. The channel is operated strictly synchronous with the other channels and all data are speckle reconstructed. The channel permits profile sampling and delivers Dopplergrams in a 15 second time cadence, up to several hours long and adding up to a total data amount of 1.6 Terabyte/day. A dedicated computer (DSP, DOT Speckle Processor) has been built for processing the data overnight.

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Felix C. M. Bettonvil, Robert H. Hammerschlag, Peter Sütterlin, Robert J. Rutten, Aswin P. L. Jägers, and Guus Sliepen "Tunable H-alpha Lyot filter with advanced servo system and image processing: instrument design and new scientific results with the Dutch Open Telescope", Proc. SPIE 6269, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy, 62690E (27 June 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670754

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