1.6 Meter Solar Telescope in Big Bear - The New Solar Telescope (NST)

大熊座 1.6 米太阳望远镜 - 新太阳望远镜 (NST)

• 批准号: 0320540
• 负责人: Philip Goode
• 金额: $ 196.72万
• 依托单位: New Jersey Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-08-15 至 2007-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0320540&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: 1.6; Meter; Solar; Telescope; Big

The New Jersey Institute of Technology, in collaboration with the University of Hawaii, will upgrade its Big Bear Solar Observatory by replacing its principal 65 cm aperture telescope with a modern off-axis 1.6 m clear aperture instrument. This new telescope will offer significant incremental improvement in ground-based infrared and high angular-resolution capabilities, and it also enhances the national effort to understand solar photospheric magneto-convection and chromospheric dynamics. These are the intrinsic drivers and origins of what is broadly called "space weather": a critical problem that impacts human technologies and life on Earth, and which is the focus of the multi-agency National Space Weather Program. As important as these scientific benefits are, the educational opportunities and advantages expected to accrue from this development are perhaps more profound. The New Jersey Institute of Technology will maintain its unique cutting-edge position in training the next generation of engineers, physicists and astronomers in the rapidly developing technologies associated with precision optics and instrument design. The current 65 cm telescope will be donated to Prairie View A&M University, to replace their existing 35 cm solar telescope. Through this acquisition of a research-class solar telescope, under-represented students who form the focus of Prairie View's educational efforts will gain valuable exposure and training in solar-terrestrial research problems.

新泽西理工学院与夏威夷大学合作，将改进其大熊太阳观测台，用一台现代的离轴1.6米净孔径仪器取代其主要的65厘米孔径望远镜。 这一新望远镜将大大提高地基红外和高角分辨率能力，并加强国家了解太阳光球磁对流和色球动态的努力。 这些是广义上称为“空间天气”的内在驱动因素和起源：这是一个影响地球上人类技术和生活的关键问题，也是多机构国家空间天气方案的重点。 这些科学上的好处固然重要，但预期从这一发展中获得的教育机会和好处也许更为深远。 新泽西理工学院将保持其独特的前沿地位，在与精密光学和仪器设计相关的快速发展的技术中培养下一代工程师，物理学家和天文学家。 目前的65厘米望远镜将捐赠给Prairie View AM大学，以取代他们现有的35厘米太阳望远镜。 通过这次收购的研究级太阳望远镜，代表性不足的学生谁形成草原视图的教育工作的重点将获得宝贵的曝光和培训，在日地研究问题。