Aims. Metis is the first solar coronagraph designed for a space mission and is capable of
performing simultaneous imaging of the off-limb solar corona in both visible and UV light …

Italian teams have been involved many times in Space Weather observational campaigns
from space and from the ground, contributing in the advancing of our knowledge on the …

In ultraviolet (UV) spectropolarimetric observations of the solar corona, the existence of a
magnetic field, solar wind velocity, and temperature anisotropies modify the linear …

This paper describes the innovative optical design of the Metis coronagraph for the Solar
Orbiter ESA-NASA mission. Metis is a multi-wavelength, externally occulted telescope for the …

Context. The determination from coronagraphic observations of physical parameters of the
plasma embedded in coronal mass ejections (CMEs) is of crucial importance for our …

Ultraviolet spectroscopy of the extended solar corona is a powerful tool for measuring the
properties of protons, electrons, and heavy ions in the accelerating solar wind. The large …

SolarBlack is a bone-char-based surface developed as a flat absorber (black) thermal
control surface for use on spacecraft. The surface, originally developed for use on the front …

The modeling of the scattering phenomena for the multielement telescope for imaging and
spectroscopy (METIS) coronagraph on board the European Space Agency Solar Orbiter is …

We review the status of solar Lyα science in anticipation of the upcoming Advanced Space-
based Solar Observatory (ASO-S) mission, planned for a late 2021 (or 2022) launch. The …

Metis is the solar coronagraph of the ESA mission Solar Orbiter. For the first time, Metis will
acquire simultaneous images of the solar corona in linearly polarized, broadband visible …