Mingantu CSRH Station

The Chinese Spectral RadioHeliograph (CSRH) is a state-of-the-art imaging telescope array, which will operate at centimeter and decimeter wavelengths (0.40 - 15.00 GHz). It has 100 antennas with diameters of 2.0 and 4.5 m in a 3-arm spiral array. It will obtain full imaging observations of the solar chromosphere and corona by using aperturesynthesis technology.

 

CSRH began construction in 2009 and is located in Inner Mongolia. It represents a new generation of solar radio telescopes that can generate observations with high spatial, temporal and spectral resolution. It will play a key role in solar physics and space weather studies. Results from this project will advance any knowledge of the Sun.

 

 

Some scientific results:

 

left: CSRH-I at 0.4-2 GHz has been established. First images obtained. right: CSRH-II at 2-15 GHz finished in 2013

 

 Test of  Cyg A observed at 1.7 GHz on Jun 5, 2013 at 5:30 UT with 1s integral time.

 

 

Quiet Sun at 1.7 GHz on Jan 22 2014 at 5:15 UT with 30ms integral time and

comparison with 432 MHz, EUV,  magnetic field  images.