S unrise iii : Instrument, Mission, Data, and First Results

@article{solanki2026unrise,
  title = {{S unrise iii : Instrument, Mission, Data, and First Results}},
  author = {Sami Khan Solanki and H. N. Smitha and A. Lagg and Achim M. Gandorfer and J. C. del Toro Iniesta and Yukio Katsukawa and P. N. Bernasconi and Thomas Berkefeld and Alex J. Feller and T. L. Riethmüller and A. Álvarez‐Herrero and Masahito Kubo and D. Orozco Suárez and B. Grauf and Michael Carpenter and Alexander Bell and V. Martı́nez Pillet and L. Gizon and F. J. Bailén and J. Blanco Rodríguez and J. S. Castellanos Durán and Edvarda Harnes and Johannes Hölken and F. A. Iglesias and Ryohtaroh T. Ishikawa and Yusuke Kawabata and Takuma Matsumoto and Takayoshi Oba and Kamal Krishan Singh and A. L. Siu-Tapia and H. Strecker and Dušan Vukadinović and M. van Noort and M. Balaguer Jiménez and Esteban Sanchis-Kilders and Ignacio Torralbo and C. Kuckein and Hirohisa Hara and Toshifumi Shimizu and Reiner Volkmer and Tobias Preis and Nour Eddine Raouafi and A. Vourlidas and J. Hirzberger and W. Deutsch and D. Germerott and K. Heerlein and M. Kolleck and Daniel Álvarez García and Antonio Carlos López Jiménez and Luis Ramon Bellot Rubio and José Miguel Morales and Antonio J. Moreno Mantas and Beatriz Aparicio del Moral and A. Gomez and Eduardo Bailón Martínez and P. Santamarina Guerrero and David Hernández Expósito and Ángel Tobaruela and J. L. Gasent Blesa},
  journal = {The Astrophysical Journal Letters},
  year = {2026},
  month = jul,
  doi = {10.3847/2041-8213/ae796b},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ae796b},
  note = {CC BY},
}

TY  - JOUR
TI  - S unrise iii : Instrument, Mission, Data, and First Results
AU  - Sami Khan Solanki
AU  - H. N. Smitha
AU  - A. Lagg
AU  - Achim M. Gandorfer
AU  - J. C. del Toro Iniesta
AU  - Yukio Katsukawa
AU  - P. N. Bernasconi
AU  - Thomas Berkefeld
AU  - Alex J. Feller
AU  - T. L. Riethmüller
AU  - A. Álvarez‐Herrero
AU  - Masahito Kubo
AU  - D. Orozco Suárez
AU  - B. Grauf
AU  - Michael Carpenter
AU  - Alexander Bell
AU  - V. Martı́nez Pillet
AU  - L. Gizon
AU  - F. J. Bailén
AU  - J. Blanco Rodríguez
AU  - J. S. Castellanos Durán
AU  - Edvarda Harnes
AU  - Johannes Hölken
AU  - F. A. Iglesias
AU  - Ryohtaroh T. Ishikawa
AU  - Yusuke Kawabata
AU  - Takuma Matsumoto
AU  - Takayoshi Oba
AU  - Kamal Krishan Singh
AU  - A. L. Siu-Tapia
AU  - H. Strecker
AU  - Dušan Vukadinović
AU  - M. van Noort
AU  - M. Balaguer Jiménez
AU  - Esteban Sanchis-Kilders
AU  - Ignacio Torralbo
AU  - C. Kuckein
AU  - Hirohisa Hara
AU  - Toshifumi Shimizu
AU  - Reiner Volkmer
AU  - Tobias Preis
AU  - Nour Eddine Raouafi
AU  - A. Vourlidas
AU  - J. Hirzberger
AU  - W. Deutsch
AU  - D. Germerott
AU  - K. Heerlein
AU  - M. Kolleck
AU  - Daniel Álvarez García
AU  - Antonio Carlos López Jiménez
AU  - Luis Ramon Bellot Rubio
AU  - José Miguel Morales
AU  - Antonio J. Moreno Mantas
AU  - Beatriz Aparicio del Moral
AU  - A. Gomez
AU  - Eduardo Bailón Martínez
AU  - P. Santamarina Guerrero
AU  - David Hernández Expósito
AU  - Ángel Tobaruela
AU  - J. L. Gasent Blesa
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/07/09
JO  - The Astrophysical Journal Letters
DO  - 10.3847/2041-8213/ae796b
UR  - https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ae796b
AB  - S unrise iii is a stratospheric balloon-borne solar observatory with a 1 m diameter telescope and three postfocus instruments, along with an image stabilisation system, all within a protective gondola. It samples the lower solar atmosphere, from the solar surface to the middle chromosphere, at a resolution approaching 50 km on the Sun. S unrise iii flew successfully for 6.5 days suspended from a zero-pressure stratospheric balloon from northern Sweden to northwestern Canada in 2024 July, gathering around 200 TB of data. The present issue of the Astrophysical Journal Letters focuses on the first scientific results from the data collected during that flight. This Letter introduces this Focus Issue, providing a very brief overview of the capabilities of the instrumentation, the flight, and of the gathered data. Challenges for the measurements, data reduction, and interpretation are also briefly touched upon. The Letter ends with an overview of the first set of science results obtained from these data, as presented in the current Focus Issue.
SN  - 2041-8205
SN  - 2041-8213
ER  -