The SWAP EUV Imaging Telescope Part I: Instrument Overview and Pre-Flight Testing
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| Title | The SWAP EUV Imaging Telescope Part I: Instrument Overview and Pre-Flight Testing |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2012 |
| Authors | Seaton, DB, Berghmans, D, Nicula, B, Halain, J-P, De Groof, A, Thibert, T, Bloomfield, DS, Raftery, CL, Gallagher, PT, Auchere, F, Defise, J-M, D'Huys, E, Lecat, J-H, Mazy, E, Rochus, P, Rossi, L, Schühle, U, Slemzin, V, Yalim, MS, Zender, J |
| Journal | Solar PhysicsSolar Physics |
| Pagination | 217 |
| Date Published | September 1, 2012 |
| ISBN Number | 0038-0938 |
| Keywords | Corona, Instrumentation and data management, structures |
| Abstract | 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. |
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