National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
COSMO K-Coronagraph
instrumentground observatory instrumentIndustry: Aerospace
- Category
- Physical Infrastructure
- Affiliations
- NCAR
Description
K-Cor: an internally occulted refractive coronagraph recording polarization brightness of the low corona (1.05–3 solar radii) at 15 s cadence to study CME formation and coronal density; deployed to the Mauna Loa Solar Observatory in September 2013, replacing the Mk4 K-coronameter; one of three proposed COSMO instruments.
Official page
https://www2.hao.ucar.edu/mlso/instruments/cosmo-k-coronagraph-k-cor
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Details
- Keywords
- coronal mass ejections, polarization brightness, thomson scattering, low corona density, halo cme detection, mk4 replacement, space weather forecasts
- Location
- Mauna Loa, Hawaii
- Location
- place named in page text: Mauna Loa
- Measurement band
- ~720–750 nm pass band
- Instrument platform
- MLSO spar (ground-based)
- Associated entity
- High Altitude Observatory
- Specifications
- The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), via the National Science Foundation (NSF), provided full funding for the COSMO K-Cor, which was deployed to the Mauna Loa Solar Observatory (MLSO)… | Aperture: 20 cm uncoated singlet objective lens