The Hinode Mission

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sakurai, Takashi. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Subjects: Physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-88739-5

The Solar-B satellite was launched in 2006 by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (ISAS/JAXA), and was renamed Hinode ('sunrise' in Japanese). Hinode carries three instruments: the X-ray telescope (XRT), the EUV imaging spectrometer (EIS), a...

Table of Contents:

• Obituary for Kosugi
• Preface
• The Hinode (Solar-B) Mission
• Data Archive of the Hinode Mission
• The X-ray Telescope (XRT) for the Hinode Mission
• The Hinode X-ray Telescope (XRT): Camera Design, Performance, and Operations
• The EUV Imaging Spectrometer for Hinode
• The Solar Optical Telescope for the Hinode Mission: An Overview
• The Solar Optical Telescope of Solar-B (Hinode): The Optical Telescope Assembly
• Image Stabilization System for Hinode (Solar-B) Solar Optical Telescope
• Polarization Calibration of the Solar Optical Telescope onboard Hinode.