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Launch: suborbital Terrier-Black Brandt (Mod 2) – Spring 2006 HERSCHEL EUV Imaging Telescope (HEIT) – Led by NRL He II images from disk to 1.5 R sun Fe XI, XII, & XV coronal images from disk to 1.5 R sun for Si XI extraction Sounding Rocket COronagraph (SCOR) Led by OATo/INAF
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Launch: suborbital Terrier-Black Brandt (Mod 2) – Spring 2006 • HERSCHEL EUV Imaging Telescope (HEIT) – Led by NRL • He II images from disk to 1.5 Rsun • Fe XI, XII, & XV coronal images from disk to 1.5 Rsun for Si XI extraction • Sounding Rocket COronagraph (SCOR) • Led by OATo/INAF • Visible light pB images from 1.2 to 4.0 Rsun • H Lyman-alpha images from 1.2 to 4.0 Rsun • He II (30.4nm) images from 1.2 to 4.0 Rsun J.D. Moses, J. Newmark, D. McMullin, R. Howard: NRL E. Antonucci, S. Fineschi, D. Gardiol, L. Zangrilli: OATo/INAF M. Romoli, G. Noci, E. Pace, A. Gherardi: U. Florence, P.Appollonia, G. Duchini: Gavazzi Space, G. Naletto: U. Padua , M. Malvezzi: U. Pavia Cacciani: U. LaSapienza, J.-P. Delaboudiniere, F. Auchere: IAS The HERSCHEL Investigation (HElium Resonance Scattering in the Corona and HELiosphere): Simultaneous Measurement of Electron, Hydrogen, and Helium Density in the Solar Corona
HERSCHEL Science • Full Imaging of the extended corona (0 – 3.5 Ro) in EUV (30.4 nm), UV (121.6 nm), and visible light • Heliumabsolute abundance in corona (i. e., He/H) • Density distribution in corona of H0, He+, and e- • Global Maps of solar wind outflow (H0, He+)