HR: 1330h
AN: SP43A-07    [Abstracts]
TI: The New Solar Telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory - A Progress Report
AU: * Denker, C
EM: cdenker@adm.njit.edu
AF: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research, 323 Martin Luther King Blvd, Newark, NJ 07102-1982 United States
AU: * Denker, C
EM: cdenker@adm.njit.edu
AF: Big Bear Solar Observatory, 40386 North Shore Lane, Big Bear City, CA 92314-9672 United States
AU: Cao, W
EM: wcao@bbso.njit.edu
AF: Big Bear Solar Observatory, 40386 North Shore Lane, Big Bear City, CA 92314-9672 United States
AU: Chae, J
EM: chae@astro.snu.ac.kr
AF: Seoul National University, School of Earth and Environmental Science, Seoul, 151-742 Korea, Republic of
AU: Coulter, R
EM: coulter@bbso.njit.edu
AF: Big Bear Solar Observatory, 40386 North Shore Lane, Big Bear City, CA 92314-9672 United States
AU: Kuhn, J R
EM: kuhn@ifa.hawaii.edu
AF: University of Hawaii, Institute for Astronomy, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, HI 96822-1897 United States
AU: Marquette, W H
EM: whm@bbso.njit.edu
AF: Big Bear Solar Observatory, 40386 North Shore Lane, Big Bear City, CA 92314-9672 United States
AU: Moon, Y
EM: yjmoon@kasi.re.kr
AF: Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, 61-1 Whaam-Dong, Youseong-Gu, taejeon, 305-348 Korea, Republic of
AU: Park, Y
EM: ydpark@kasi.re.kr
AF: Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, 61-1 Whaam-Dong, Youseong-Gu, taejeon, 305-348 Korea, Republic of
AU: Ren, D
EM: deqing.ren@njit.edu
AF: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research, 323 Martin Luther King Blvd, Newark, NJ 07102-1982 United States
AU: Ren, D
EM: deqing.ren@njit.edu
AF: Big Bear Solar Observatory, 40386 North Shore Lane, Big Bear City, CA 92314-9672 United States
AU: Tritschler, A
EM: ali@bbso.njit.edu
AF: Big Bear Solar Observatory, 40386 North Shore Lane, Big Bear City, CA 92314-9672 United States
AU: Varsik, J R
EM: varsik@bbso.njit.edu
AF: Big Bear Solar Observatory, 40386 North Shore Lane, Big Bear City, CA 92314-9672 United States
AU: Wang, H
EM: haimin@flare.njit.edu
AF: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research, 323 Martin Luther King Blvd, Newark, NJ 07102-1982 United States
AU: Wang, H
EM: haimin@flare.njit.edu
AF: Big Bear Solar Observatory, 40386 North Shore Lane, Big Bear City, CA 92314-9672 United States
AU: Yang, G
EM: gyang@bbso.njit.edu
AF: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research, 323 Martin Luther King Blvd, Newark, NJ 07102-1982 United States
AU: Yang, G
EM: gyang@bbso.njit.edu
AF: Big Bear Solar Observatory, 40386 North Shore Lane, Big Bear City, CA 92314-9672 United States
AU: Shoumko, S
EM: shoumko@bbso.njit.edu
AF: Big Bear Solar Observatory, 40386 North Shore Lane, Big Bear City, CA 92314-9672 United States
AU: Goode, P R
EM: pgoode@bbso.njit.edu
AF: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research, 323 Martin Luther King Blvd, Newark, NJ 07102-1982 United States
AU: Goode, P R
EM: pgoode@bbso.njit.edu
AF: Big Bear Solar Observatory, 40386 North Shore Lane, Big Bear City, CA 92314-9672 United States
AB: The New Solar Telescope (NST) is a new 1.6-meter, off-axis telescope for the Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) in California. The NST is collaboration between BBSO, the Korean Astronomical Observatory (KAO) and Institute for Astronomy (IfA) at the University of Hawaii. BBSO is an ideal site for high-spatial resolution observations, since this mountain-lake site provides consistent seeing conditions with extended periods of excellent seeing from sunrise to sunset. These unique seeing characteristics make BBSO ideally suited for combined high-resolution campaigns and synoptic observations, which are essential for studies of solar activity and space weather. In this progress report, we present the latest information on the optical design, the optical support structure, the telescope control system and the requisite instrumentation for the telescope. Acknowledgements: This work has been supported by NSF under grants ATM-0236945, ATM-0342560, MRI-0320540, and Air Force DURIP F-49620-03-1-0271.
UR: http://www.bbso.njit.edu
DE: 7507 Chromosphere
DE: 7524 Magnetic fields
DE: 7529 Photosphere
DE: 7594 Instruments and techniques
SC: Solar Physics Division - AAS [SP]
MN: 2005 Joint Assembly