Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleItalian scientists have developed the Circular Slit Spectrometer (CISS) in a bid to transform the study of the solar corona, the outer layer of the Sun’s atmosphere.The instrument will undergo a crucial test during the total solar eclipse in Spain on 12 August. Principal investigator Federico Landini of the Astrophysical Observatory of Turin said that unlike conventional linear spectrometers, the new prototype "has a circular slit and can capture the spectrum of the entire corona at a certain distance from the centre of the Sun in a single photograph”.A successful test could lead to the new optical principle being used in future space missions. UVCS, the last major ultraviolet spectrometer, operated on the European Space Agency and NASA's SOHO spacecraft from 1996 to 2013.In fullScientists to take advantage of Wednesday’s solar eclipse in landmark studyMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
New solar corona instrument faces crucial test during total eclipse
Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleItalian scientists have developed the Circular Slit Spectrometer (CISS) in a bid to transform the study of the solar corona, the outer layer of the Sun’s atmosphere.The instrument will undergo a crucial test during the total solar eclipse in Spain on 12 August. Principal investigator Federico Landini of the Astrophysical Observatory of Turin said that unlike conventional linear spectrometers, the new prototype "has a circular slit and can capture the spectrum of the entire corona at a certain distance from the centre of the Sun in a single photograph”.A successful test could lead to the new optical principle being used in future space missions. UVCS, the last major ultraviolet spectrometer, operated on the European Space Agency and NASA's SOHO spacecraft from 1996 to 2013.In fullScientists to take advantage of Wednesday’s solar eclipse in landmark studyMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
