Infrared instrument for world's largest solar telescope catches its first rays
Thursday, April 13, 2017 - 06:21
in Astronomy & Space
The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST), currently under construction on Haleakala, Maui, is expected to start observing the Sun in 2020. When it does, it will rely on two complex infrared instruments being built by the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy (IfA). Their goal is to measure the Sun's weak magnetic field.