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Solar Telescopes

Dr. Sergio Javier González Manrique

The Solar Telescopes Group develops and operates facilites for solar observations. The main facility is the German Solar observatory with GREGOR and the Vacuum Tower telescope (VTT) at the Teide Observatory of the Instituto Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC) on the Canary Islands of Tenerife, Spain.

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SUNRISE III mission completed and landed safely

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The balloon-borne 1-meter solar telescope SUNRISE III, launched in the early morning hours of July 10, 2024…

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High-spatial resolution images were captured on July 10th, 2023, using the Improved High-resolution Fast Imager

Unveiling the Hidden Secrets of Sunspot’s penumbra

Scientific Instrumentation

The formation of sunspot's penumbra, a fascinating phenomenon on the Sun's surface, has long intrigued…

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