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A grating spectroheliograph with a spectral bandpass of 0.2 Å is described for operation in a rocket or balloon-borne payload. The same instrument can be made stigmatic for observations in the CaII resonance lines.
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Bates, B., McDowell, M.W. A compact grating spectroheliograph for the Mgii resonance lines. Sol Phys 23, 26–29 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00153889
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