Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST)
08 Jan 2018
Yes
-  

 

 

The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) is a 4 metre aperture solar telescope and will be the world’s largest ground-based solar telescope once operational in 2019.

No
DKIST observatory dome in Hawaii.

​​​The DKIST site in progress

Credit: Ruth Kneale, DKIST
RAL Space Invo​​lvement

RAL Space collaborated with Observatory Sciences Ltd on the design of the control system for the telescope. The Telescope Control System is responsible for the control of the telescope positioning and image quality. 

Mission Ob​​​jectives 
To understand solar activity and solar variability. To understand how cosmic magnetic fields are generated and how they are destroyed.

First Li​ght

2019

Partners

Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, National Solar Observatory, High Altitude Observatory, New Jersey Institute of Technology, University of Hawaii, University of Chicago​, and more.​

​Further Project Infor​​mation

DKIST, NSO​

​For more information please contact, RAL Space Enquiries​​

Contact: