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most citedThe Sunrise Mission

299 citations · 950 across the 18 of their papers we have counts for

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18 papers

astro-ph.SR2026

Sunrise III: Instrument, mission, data, and first results

Sami K. Solanki, H. N. Smitha, Andreas Lagg +66

Sunrise III is a stratospheric balloon-borne solar observatory with a 1-m diameter telescope and three post-focus instruments, along with an image stabilisation system, all within…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 32 cited

Sunrise III: Overview of Observatory and Instruments

Andreas Korpi-Lagg, Achim Gandorfer, Sami K. Solanki +117

In July 2024, Sunrise completed its third successful science flight. The Sunrise III observatory had been upgraded significantly after the two previous successful flights in 2009 a…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 1 cited

Reconstruction of total solar irradiance variability as simultaneously apparent from Solar Orbiter and Solar Dynamics Observatory

K. L. Yeo, N. A. Krivova, S. K. Solanki +42

Solar irradiance variability has been monitored almost exclusively from the Earth's perspective. {We present a method to combine the unprecedented observations of the photospheric…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 5 cited

Coronal voids and their magnetic nature

J. D. Nölke, S. K. Solanki, J. Hirzberger +68

Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) observations of the quiet solar atmosphere reveal extended regions of weak emission compared to the ambient quiescent corona. The magnetic nature of these…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 8 cited

Intensity contrast of solar network and faculae close to the solar limb, observed from two vantage points

K. Albert, N. A. Krivova, J. Hirzberger +43

The brightness of faculae and network depends on the angle at which they are observed and the magnetic flux density. Close to the limb, assessment of this relationship has until no…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 10 cited

Stereoscopic disambiguation of vector magnetograms: first applications to SO/PHI-HRT data

G. Valori, D. Calchetti, A. Moreno Vacas +34

Spectropolarimetric reconstructions of the photospheric vector magnetic field are intrinsically limited by the 180-ambiguity in the orientation of the transverse component.…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 16 cited

Wavefront error of PHI/HRT on Solar Orbiter at various heliocentric distances

F. Kahil, A. Gandorfer, J. Hirzberger +31

We use wavefront sensing to characterise the image quality of the the High Resolution Telescope (HRT) of the Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager (SO/PHI) data products during the…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 11 cited

Direct assessment of SDO/HMI helioseismology of active regions on the Sun's far side using SO/PHI magnetograms

D. Yang, L. Gizon, H. Barucq +47

Earth-side observations of solar p modes can be used to image and monitor magnetic activity on the Sun's far side. Here we use magnetograms of the far side obtained by the Polarime…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 6 cited

Spectropolarimetric investigation of magnetohydrodynamic wave modes in the photosphere: First results from PHI on board Solar Orbiter

D. Calchetti, M. Stangalini, S. Jafarzadeh +31

In November 2021, Solar Orbiter started its nominal mission phase. The remote-sensing instruments on board the spacecraft acquired scientific data during three observing windows su…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 3 cited

The ratio of horizontal to vertical displacement in solar oscillations estimated from combined SO/PHI and SDO/HMI observations

J. Schou, J. Hirzberger, D. Orozco Suárez +44

In order to make accurate inferences about the solar interior using helioseismology, it is essential to understand all the relevant physical effects on the observations. One effect…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 47 cited

The magnetic drivers of campfires seen by the Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager (PHI) on Solar Orbiter

F. Kahil, J. Hirzberger, S. K. Solanki +56

The Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) on board the Solar Orbiter (SO) spacecraft observed small extreme ultraviolet (EUV) bursts, termed campfires, that have been proposed to be bri…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 1 cited

Metadata and their importance in SO/PHI's on-board data processing

K. Albert, J. Hirzberger, D. Busse +3

To cope with the telemetry limitations, the Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager on Solar Orbiter does full on-board data processing. Metadata are central to the autonomous process…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 2 cited

Performance analysis of the SO/PHI software framework for on-board data reduction

K. Albert, J. Hirzberger, D. Busse +13

The Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager (PHI) is the first deep-space solar spectropolarimeter, on-board the Solar Orbiter (SO) space mission. It faces: stringent requirements on…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 236 cited

The Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager on Solar Orbiter

S. K. Solanki, J. C. del Toro Iniesta, J. Woch +121

This paper describes the Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager on the Solar Orbiter mission (SO/PHI), the first magnetograph and helioseismology instrument to observe the Sun from o…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 2 cited

Autonomous on-board data processing and instrument calibration software for the SO/PHI

K. Albert, J. Hirzberger, D. Busse +14

The extension of on-board data processing capabilities is an attractive option to reduce telemetry for scientific instruments on deep space missions. The challenges that this prese…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 145 cited

The second flight of the SUNRISE balloon-borne solar observatory: overview of instrument updates, the flight, the data and first results

S. K. Solanki, T. L. Riethmüller, P. Barthol +32

The SUNRISE balloon-borne solar observatory, consisting of a 1~m aperture telescope that provided a stabilized image to a UV filter imager and an imaging vector polarimeter, carrie…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 299 cited

The Sunrise Mission

Peter Barthol, Achim Gandorfer, Sami K. Solanki +42

The first science flight of the balloon-borne \Sunrise telescope took place in June 2009 from ESRANGE (near Kiruna/Sweden) to Somerset Island in northern Canada. We describe the sc…

astro-ph.IM2010★ 126 cited

The Filter Imager SuFI and the Image Stabilization and Light Distribution System ISLiD of the Sunrise Balloon-Borne Observatory: Instrument Description

A. Gandorfer, B. Grauf, P. Barthol +29

We describe the design of the Sunrise Filter Imager (SuFI) and the Image Stabilization and Light Distribution (ISLiD) unit onboard the Sunrise balloon borne solar observatory. This…