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Space-borne coronagraphy

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We consider the main aspects of a rather delicate discipline, space-borne coronagraphy, which is essentially performed with white-light, externally-occulted coronagraphs. Methods of observation and recent results are presented in a scientific section; a short account of historical rocket-borne and balloon-borne experiments is also given. The review concentrates on both the NRL-type coronagraphs and the HAO-type coronagraphs, stressing the essential features and merits of numerous experiments which were flown. A small section is devoted to other designs. A large number of figures, including many drawings, are used to illustrate the growing complexity of experiments.

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Dedicated to: B. Lyot, who built the first ground-based coronagraph; G. Newkirk, who built the first flying coronagraph; G. Nikolsky, who built the largest, each of whom prematurely passed away.

On leave from Paris Institut d'Astrophysique CNRS, 98 Bis Bd Arago, F-75014, Paris, France.

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Koutchmy, S. Space-borne coronagraphy. Space Sci Rev 47, 95–143 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00223238

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