The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society (천문학회보)

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BITSE Preliminary Result and Future Plan

  • Bong, Su-Chan (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Instiitute) ;
  • Yang, Heesu (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Instiitute) ;
  • Lee, Jae-Ok (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Instiitute) ;
  • Kwon, Ryun Young (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Instiitute) ;
  • Cho, Kyung-Suk (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Instiitute) ;
  • Kim, Yeon-Han (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Instiitute) ;
  • Reginald, Nelson L. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) ;
  • Yashiro, Seiji (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) ;
  • Gong, Qian (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) ;
  • Gopalswamy, Natchumuthuk (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) ;
  • Newmark, Jeffrey S. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
  • Published : 2019.10.14
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Abstract

BITSE is a technology demonstration mission to remotely measure the speed, temperature, and density of the solar wind as it forms as close as 3 Rs. BITSE obtained coronal images during its one day flight above more than 99% of the atmosphere, and calibration data are taken in the laboratory as well as during the flight. As the linearly polarized K-corona is much fainter than other bright sources like diffraction, sky, and F-corona, a careful data reduction is required to obtain reliable scientific results. We will report status of the obtained data, the reduction progress, and future plan.

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