ISWI in Slovakia

1. ISWI in Slovakia I. DOROTOVIČ ISWI NationalCoordinator in the Slovak Republic Slovak Central Observatory, Hurbanovo, Slovak Republic, Email: ivan.dorotovic@suh.sk ABSTRACT This contribution presents application of ISWI International Programme in the conditions of Slovak institutions, scientific focus of which includes among other fields of observational and research work also analysis of space weather processes. Particular attention is paid to providing scientific knowledge to students and the general public. • Dailydrawingsofthesunspots • - Coude refractor • Patrol observationsofthechromospheric • flares – spectrohelioscope • Patrol observationsofprominences • (LyotcoronagraphwithH-alpha filter, • (FWHM 0.6 nm) • Spectroscopic observations using Horizon- • tal solar telescope with spectrograph • Observation of total solar eclipses • Registration of SEA effects • SID monitoring – in test operation • Fine structure of the solar photosphere • North-south asymmetry of the solar • activity • Spaceweather; Sun - Earth connections • Modified Coronal Index -EUV satellite • measurements • Evolution of active region (solar photo- • sphere, corona) – SDO images. STEERING COMMITTEE Slovak Central Observatory, Hurbanovo; http://www.suh.sk ZlaticaČabajová(BMP - BIOMET, Bratislava; Slovak Bioclimatological Society) Ivan Dorotovič(ISWI National Coordinator; Slovak Central Observatory, Hurbanovo; Slovak Astronomical Society at SAS - Solar Section) KarelKudela(ILWS and COSPAR; Institute of Experimental Physics SAS, Košice) AdrienaOndrášková(Division of Physics of the Earth, FMPI, CU, Bratislava) PavolRapavý(Astronomical Obseravtory in RimavskáSobota; Slovak Union of Amateur Astronomers) MilošRevallo(SCOSTEP NC; Geophysical Institute SAS, Bratislava) JánRybák(Astronomical Institute SAS, TatranskáLomnica) FridrichValach(Geophysical Institute SAS, Geomagnetical Observatory Hurbanovo) Web page: http://stara.suh.sk/id/iswi/iswi_SK-en.htm EXISTING INSTRUMENTS AND RESEARCH Astronomical Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS), Tatranská Lomnica http://www.astro.sk • Patrol measurement of the green (530.3 nm, FeXIV) • and red (637.4 nm, FeX) coronal emission lines • intensities, short-term oscillations in these lines. • It is done at Lomnickýštít coronal station, 2634 m • above sea level with a 20 cm coronagraph with • spectrograph • Monochromatic observations in the green corona • started in 2007 • Main target: long-term variation of the green • corona, time-latitude distribution of the corona • brightness, global circulations, magnetic fields, • solar cycles • Prominences in H-alpha 0.5 nm filter: time- • latitudinal observations, CME’s onset, magnetic • fields • Eclipse observation of the solar corona • Observation of the solar photosphere • – sunspot drawings • Investigation of the solar photosphere, • chromosphere, transition region and corona using • satellites (SoHO, TRACE, Hinode, SDO) and ground- • based telescopes (DOT, SST, VTT) • Dynamics and energy transport in the upper solar • atmosphere – observational verification of different • heating mechanisms Astronomical Observatory in Rimavská Sobota;http://www.astrors.sk/ Astronomical Observatory in Partizánske; http://www.hvezdaren.sk Astronomical Observatory in Hlohovec; http://www.hvezdaren.org SID MONITORING Institute of Experimental Physics SAS, Department of Space Research, Košice;http://space.saske.sk • registration of solar flares: • J. Karlovský (Hlohovec) a R. Šlosiar (Bojnice) constructed their own prototypes of SID monitors, which are installed in Bojnice and in the Observatories Hlohovec and Parti-zánske. J. Karlovský constructed also a SuperSID monitor.Real-time data: • Hlohovec • http://karlovsky.info/sid/temphtml.htm • Partizánske • http://195.160.182.241/page/ • SID monitor record of the solar flare • on 19 January, 2010, 13:40 UTC • - Partizánske Observatory. • Bojnice • http://195.160.182.241/page/rudy/ • In the SCO Hurbanovo is also installed one SID monitor in test operation, but real-time data are not available, yet. • Neutron monitor at Lomnickýštít high-altitude • laboratory, 2634 m above sea level • Participation in several space projects, development • of instruments installed onboard the satellites: • - IEP SAS analyzes earlier energetic particle • measurements on satellites Active, CORONAS-F, • Interball-auroral and tail (Russian satellites); • energetic neutral atom measurements on TC2 • satellite; methodical works were done for • Venus-Express magnetometer. • - IEP SAS continues works for future measurements in space by participation in development of part of the plasma instrument for ESA BepiColombo mission; for Russian RadioAstron mission and supporting works started for the project JEM-EUSO. • “Space Research Center: influences of Space Weather”, center of excellence in eastern Slovakia. Three institutes, namely Astronomical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Tatranská Lomnica (maininstitution), InstituteofExperimentalPhysicsof the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Košice and P.J. Šafárik Universityin Košice (partner institutions) are constitutingthe Centre. With the help of the support by EU (2009-2013):- experimental and computationalbasisforvariousgroundbasedandsatellitemeasurementswillbeupdated • - new experimentswillbeestablished. SUNSPOT OBSERVATIONS Basicdaily patrol observationsofsunspots are currentlycarriedout in a networkof 18 observatories and individualobservers (including members of the Slovak Union of Amateur Astronomers). National centre forsunspotobservationsis in the AstronomicalObservatory and Planetarium Prešov. Geophysical Institute, Bratislava, Geomagnetic Observatory, Hurbanovo;http://www.geomag.sk GO Hurbanovo is member institu- tion of the INTERMAGNET Network for geo- magnetic measurements Sunspot numbersobserved in Slovakia (1964 – 2008, 44 years with 106 971 individual observations. ISWI INSTRUMENTS In the near future will be installed in Slovakia in the frame of the ISWI instrument deployment program the following instruments: two SuperSID monitors for registration of solar flares (both in the SCO Hurbanovo and the Astronomical Observatory in RimavskáSobota) and one radio spectrometer E-CALLISTO (in the SCO Hurbanovo). EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH • MostoftheNational ISWI committeemembershave also teaching • activities. • SCO in Hurbanovoorganizes a two-years course of astronomy at • high-school level including lectures on solar physics • and space weather. • Astronomical observatories and planetaria in Slovakia perform in • general guided tours, training of amateur astronomers and students, • organize public astronomical events, summer programs, lectures • and competitions, publish brochures, posters and other astronomical • material for visitors, etc.. • AI SAS in TatranskáLomnicaorganizes seminars for teachers, • guided tours, Open House days, etc. • SOME ISWI ACTIVITIES: • SCO in Hurbanovoorganizes biannual national solar physics • meetings with participation from abroad.Last one was held • in June 2010 and the next meeting is planned for 2012. • AI SAS in TatranskáLomnica – has suitable facilities for organisation of international conferences • or training workshops. Comenius University, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Bratislava Division of Astronomy and astrophysics;http://www.daa.fmph.uniba.sk/department / Division of Physics of the Earth AI SAS IEP SAS SCO