We report a new standalone Robotic All-Sky narrowband Imager(RASI)for auroral and airglow studies.RASI has new optics and an electromechanical system,low operation and installation costs,easy deployment and fully auto...We report a new standalone Robotic All-Sky narrowband Imager(RASI)for auroral and airglow studies.RASI has new optics and an electromechanical system,low operation and installation costs,easy deployment and fully automatic features.The new optics provide an all-sky field of view with excellent image quality and sensitivity.The new electromechanical system design offers a more compact size and the capability for outdoor independent deployment.We have also developed a fully automatic data acquisition software for RASI,which is based on the perception of solar altitude and the all-sky cloud cover.In conclusion,the RASI demonstrates significant advantages over the traditional all-sky narrowband imager,and it is highly suitable for the intensity measurements of large-scale auroras and airglow distributions.展开更多
The Sun’s tenuous outer atmosphere,the corona,emits only about one-millionth as much light as the solar surface.In ancient times the corona was observed by human beings only during total solar eclipses,when the stron...The Sun’s tenuous outer atmosphere,the corona,emits only about one-millionth as much light as the solar surface.In ancient times the corona was observed by human beings only during total solar eclipses,when the strong emission of visible light from the photosphere was completely blocked by the Moon.In 1931,展开更多
基金the projects of the CAS“Light of West China”Program,the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11573067)the Science and Technology Program of Shanghai(21DZ206100)+2 种基金the Ground-based Space Environment Monitoring Network(Chinese Meridian Project II)the Yunnan Revitalization Talent Support Program-Science&Technology Champion Project(202105AB160001)the Chinese National Antarctic&Arctic Research Expedition for the support of the all-sky auroral/airglow imager program at the Longyearbyen Station and Lijiang Station.
文摘We report a new standalone Robotic All-Sky narrowband Imager(RASI)for auroral and airglow studies.RASI has new optics and an electromechanical system,low operation and installation costs,easy deployment and fully automatic features.The new optics provide an all-sky field of view with excellent image quality and sensitivity.The new electromechanical system design offers a more compact size and the capability for outdoor independent deployment.We have also developed a fully automatic data acquisition software for RASI,which is based on the perception of solar altitude and the all-sky cloud cover.In conclusion,the RASI demonstrates significant advantages over the traditional all-sky narrowband imager,and it is highly suitable for the intensity measurements of large-scale auroras and airglow distributions.
基金supported by NSFC grants 11373065,11527804,41231069 and 41574166the Recruitment Program of Global Experts of Chinathe Max Planck Partner Group program
文摘The Sun’s tenuous outer atmosphere,the corona,emits only about one-millionth as much light as the solar surface.In ancient times the corona was observed by human beings only during total solar eclipses,when the strong emission of visible light from the photosphere was completely blocked by the Moon.In 1931,
