The SWAP EUV Imaging Telescope Part I: Instrument Overview and Pre-Flight Testing

D. B. Seaton; D. Berghmans; B. Nicula; J. P. Halain; A. De Groof; T. Thibert; D. S. Bloomfield; C. L. Raftery; P. T. Gallagher; F. Auchère; J. M. Defise; E. D'Huys; J. H. Lecat; E. Mazy; P. Rochus; L. Rossi; U. Schühle; V. Slemzin; M. S. Yalim; J. Zender

doi:10.1007/s11207-012-0114-6

The SWAP EUV Imaging Telescope Part I: Instrument Overview and Pre-Flight Testing

D. B. Seaton
, D. Berghmans
, B. Nicula
, J. P. Halain
, A. De Groof
, T. Thibert
, D. S. Bloomfield
, C. L. Raftery
, P. T. Gallagher
, F. Auchère
, J. M. Defise
, E. D'Huys
, J. H. Lecat
, E. Mazy
, P. Rochus
, L. Rossi
, U. Schühle
, V. Slemzin
, M. S. Yalim
, J. Zender

Royal Observatory of Belgium
Université de Liège
ESTEC
Trinity College Dublin
University of California at Berkeley
Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale
University of Liege
Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
RAS - P.N. Lebedev Physics Institute
KU Leuven

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The Sun Watcher with Active Pixels and Image Processing (SWAP) is an EUV solar telescope onboard ESA's Project for Onboard Autonomy 2 (PROBA2) mission launched on 2 November 2009. SWAP has a spectral bandpass centered on 17. 4 nm and provides images of the low solar corona over a 54×54 arcmin field-of-view with 3. 2 arcsec pixels and an imaging cadence of about two minutes. SWAP is designed to monitor all space-weather-relevant events and features in the low solar corona. Given the limited resources of the PROBA2 microsatellite, the SWAP telescope is designed with various innovative technologies, including an off-axis optical design and a CMOS-APS detector. This article provides reference documentation for users of the SWAP image data.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	43-65
Number of pages	23
Journal	Solar Physics
Volume	286
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-012-0114-6
State	Published - Aug 2013
Externally published	Yes

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Corona, structures
Instrumentation and data management

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Seaton, D. B., Berghmans, D., Nicula, B., Halain, J. P., De Groof, A., Thibert, T., Bloomfield, D. S., Raftery, C. L., Gallagher, P. T., Auchère, F., Defise, J. M., D'Huys, E., Lecat, J. H., Mazy, E., Rochus, P., Rossi, L., Schühle, U., Slemzin, V., Yalim, M. S., & Zender, J. (2013). The SWAP EUV Imaging Telescope Part I: Instrument Overview and Pre-Flight Testing. Solar Physics, 286(1), 43-65. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-012-0114-6

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