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Spectra-Spectroheliograph Observations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Alan M. Title
Affiliation:
Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Mass. 02138, U.S.A.
John P. Andelin Jr.
Affiliation:
Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Mass. 02138, U.S.A.

Abstract

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This paper describes a photographic technique for recording solar spectra. The technique, which we call spectra-spectroheliography, requires the same amount of observing time as conventional spectroheliography but yields much more information. Data reduction techniques have been developed to use this information for the construction of spectroheliograms and other contour maps. Parameters investigated by this method include the vector magnetic field, line-of-sight velocity, continuum intensity, and line strength. Results indicate (1) good correlation between bright regions in spectroheliograms and small vertical magnetic fields; (2) poorer correlation between larger magnetic fields and bright regions; (3) a feature in the continuum resembling a pore but having no vertical magnetic field; and (4) a gradient in the vertical magnetic field of 12 kG/arc s.

Type
Part III: Observations of Sunspot and Active Region Magnetic Fields
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1971