The Solar Orbiter EUI instrument:
The Extreme Ultraviolet Imager
Poster Number: SH21D-3291
P. Rochus, F. Auchère, D. Berghmans, L. Harra, W. Schmutz, U. Schühle and the EUI team
The Mission The Instrument
The Solar Orbiter mission will bring a suite of 10 instruments out of the ecliptic (>30deg) and
close to the Sun (<0.3 AU)
Solar Orbiter will be
launched on Feb 6 2020.
First light of EUI will be at the end of April. Full
science operations start Nov 2021
Imaging 30 deg out of the ecliptic, shows a
full polar hole
The Full Sun imager
Lyman-α High Resolution Imager
EUV High Resolution Imager
And the Common Electronics Box
The challenges
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small apertures•
restricted telemetry•
“planetary encounter”type of operations
2kx2k with 0.5’’/pix
At perihelion: FOV (0.16R)^2, 100km/pix
2kx2k with 0.5’’/pix At perihelion:
FOV (0.16R)^2, 100km/pix
17.4nm and 30.4nm 3kx3k with 4.5’’/pix
At perihelion: FOV (4 R)^2
HI-C VAULT
SUVI HECOR
Instrument Paper: Rochus et al 2020, AA, submitted