Sunrise iii: Overview of Observatory and Instruments - Solar Physics In July 2024, Sunrise completed its third successful science flight. The Sunrise iii observatory had been upgraded significantly after the two previous successful flights in 2009 and 2013, to tackle t...

Korpi-Lagg, A., Gandorfer, A., Solanki, S.K. et al. Sunrise III: Overview of Observatory and Instruments. #SolarPhysics 300, 75 (2025). doi.org/10.1007/s112... #OpenAccess Part of the collection "The #Sunrise_III Solar Observatory"

The Sunrise Ultraviolet Spectropolarimeter and Imager: Standalone Polarimetric Calibration - Solar Physics Sunrise is a 1-m optical solar observatory carried aloft by a stratospheric balloon. It was developed to study magnetic fields and plasma flows in the solar atmosphere with very high spatial resolutio...

First article of the collection "The Sunrise III Solar Observatory" published:
Iglesias, F.A., Feller, A., Gandorfer, A. et al. The Sunrise Ultraviolet Spectropolarimeter and Imager: Standalone Polarimetric Calibration. #SolarPhysics 300, 58 (2025). doi.org/10.1007/s112... #OpenAccess #Sunrise_III

Sunrise III telescope taking shape in the balloon hall at MPS

reflection of an eye in the telescope's main mirror

After its “guest performance” in the @forumwissen.bsky.social, #Sunrise_III ’s secondary mirror unit is back at #mpsgoettingen and has been integrated
into the #telescope. Cool selfies like in the right photo (taken without the secondary in place) are now no longer possible…. 😊 ☀️🔭

Solar observatory during launch in Juli 2024

Yesterday, our balloon mission #Sunrise_III was featured on German radio: www.deutschlandfunk.de/forschung-ak...
Last summer, Sunrise III flew from Sweden to Canada to study the #Sun from a unique viewing position in the stratosphere – and returned amazing data.
#ForschungAktuell #DeutschlandFunk

Sunrise_III's secondary mirror unit in a show case in the exhibition

Sunrise_III's secondary mirror unit in a showcase in the exhibition

This week is the last chance to see the exhibition “Sonnenansichten” at @forumwissen.bsky.social in #Goettingen. See the movie documenting our #Sunrise_III mission and real flight hardware from our stratospheric research flight to study the #Sun! More infos here: www.forum-wissen.de/sonderausste...

The Forum Wissen offered an amazing setting for the talk.

With some help, Achim Gandorfer shows the solar spectrum.

Explaining the Sun with just chalk and blackboard.

In today’s #ChalkTalk at @forumwissengoe , #mpsgoettingen scientist Achim Gandorfer took us on a journey through centuries of solar research and observations, ending with the adventureous flight of the balloon borne solar observatory @sunrise3 . Thanks for an amazing show!
#Sunrise_III #sunrise3

The Forum Wissen offered a unique setting for the Chalk Talk.

With a bit of help from the organizers, Achim Gandorfer showed the solar spectrum.

Explaining the Sun with chalk and blackboard

In today’s #ChalkTalk at @forumwissen.bsky.social , #mpsgoettingen scientist Achim Gandorfer took us on a journey through centuries of solar research and observations, ending with the adventureous flight of the balloon borne solar observatory #Sunrise_III. Thanks for an amazing show!

First Solar Images from Sunrise III The balloon-borne solar observatory Sunrise III captured images of the Sun with highest resolution in July of this year during its six-and-a-half-day stratospheric flight. The team has published the f...

First Solar Images from #Sunrise_III:
The observational data from the balloon-borne solar observatory make the smallest details on the solar surface visible www.mps.mpg.de/first-solar-...

It's #IMPRS Information Week: Earlier today we gave an online tour of the institute to the applicants for our IMPRS PhD positions. Unlike in other years, the tour included inside views of the clean rooms. They are currently hearing about #Sun #WeAreAllSolarOrbiter #Sunrise_III.