HIACFACILITIES
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Mauna Loa Solar Observatory |
| Mauna Loa Solar Observatory (MLSO) - MLSO houses several instruments designed to observe the sun at many different wavelengths. These instruments provide observations needed to understand the sun's continuous release of plasma and energy into interplanetary space.
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NCAR Vacuum Tunnel Facility |
| NCAR Vacuum Tunnel Facility (NVTF) - NVTF is a unique facility that consists of a class 10,000 clean room and a coronagraph calibration chamber. This chamber has been used to calibrate instruments such as the ATM/Skylab Coronagraph, the Solar Maximum Mission Coronagraph/Polarimeter, the Spartan 201 White Light Coronagraph, and COR-1. The NVTF was brought back into operation in FY2001 for NASA's COR-1 coronagraph design evaluation as part of the STEREO Mission. | |