Sun and Stars Highlights

THE SUN AND THE STARS

  1. Observe stars in every part of the H-R diagram.

  2. Detect photospheric emission from over 600 stars in under 10 minutes each; determine temperature gradients, measure positions to astrometric accuracy.

  3. Detect stellar winds from hundreds of evolved stars and novae.

  4. Study flare phenomena on the Sun and other stars, and investigate the energy sources in cataclysmic variables and X-ray binaries.

  5. Reveal the physics of particle acceleration in solar flares by combining snapshot MMA images with AXAF (X-ray) and GRID (gamma-ray) images.

  6. Investigate the cause of the solar thermal bifurcation by imaging thermal gradients.

  7. Provide metrology of solar oscillatory modes which will be complementary to GONG and SOHO studies.