3 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.IM2026
Sunrise III: The Wavefront Correction System
Thomas Berkefeld, Alexander Bell, Reiner Volkmer +19
This paper describes the wave-front correction and image stabilisation system (CWS) developed for the Sunrise III balloon-borne telescope, and provides information about its perfor…
astro-ph.IM2025
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…