Feb 11 – 13, 2026
Circolo dei lettori
Europe/Rome timezone

First Metis-ASPIICS coordinated observations

Feb 13, 2026, 10:00 AM
20m
Sala Gioco (Circolo dei lettori)

Sala Gioco

Circolo dei lettori

Via Bogino, 9 10123 Torino

Speaker

Dr Silvano Fineschi (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

Description

The Earth-orbiting ASPIICS/Proba-3 and the Sun-orbiting Metis/Solar Orbiter provide a changing, multi-point view of the solar corona, depending on the relative Earth-to-Solar Orbiter positions on- and out-of-the-ecliptic plane. The first Metis-ASPIICS coordinated observations took place in 2025, during the Solar Orbiter superior conjunction in August, its quadrature in September and inferior conjunctions in October.

This presentation will illustrate the results of these first Metis-ASPIICS joint campaigns also in conjunction also with the LASCO coronagraphs onboard the ESA SOHO mission in L1. This will offer the opportunity to present and discuss suggestions and requirements for proposed future missions (e.g., Solaris, DarkSun, ESA Vigil-L5, KASA-L4).

Author

Dr Silvano Fineschi (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

Co-authors

Andrei Zhukov Emanuele Amato (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)) Laurent Dolla (Royal Observatory of Belgium) Luca Zangrilli (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)) Lucia Abbo (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)) Prof. Marco Romoli (Università di Firenze) Riccardo Chiartano (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)) Roberto Susino (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)) Sergei Shestov (Royal Observatory of Belgium) Silvio Matteo Giordano (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))

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