SOT instrumentation

NASA has conducted numerous studies to define the concepts of a workable Solar Optical Telescope (SOT). We describe SOT as it is envisioned by the U.S. solar community. The final configuration is not entirely defined, as it is being proposed on the basis of performance specifications and the instrument configurations for the first flight are just now being evaluated.Proceedings of the Conference Solar Physics from Space, held at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ), 11–14 November 1980.