World's Biggest Solar Telescope - Exploring Solar Phenomena
Offered By: AGU via YouTube
Course Description
Overview
Explore the groundbreaking capabilities of the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in this 46-minute roundtable discussion from the AGU22 Fall Meeting. Delve into the telescope's potential to unravel the mysteries behind solar storms and other solar phenomena. Learn how this powerful research facility complements existing ground, aircraft-based, and space-based instruments in solar observation. Discover plans for coordinated solar observations during the 2023 and 2024 solar eclipses, which promise to reveal unprecedented details about magnetic structures connecting the sun's surface and corona. Gain insights from experts at NSF, NOAA, and NASA as they discuss the telescope's impact on solar research and potential discoveries about our sun. Featuring speakers Carrie Black from NSF, Elsayed Talaat from NOAA, and Nicholeen Viall from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, this roundtable offers a comprehensive look at the future of solar astronomy.
Syllabus
AGU22 Fall Meeting Roundtable: World's Biggest Solar Telescope
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