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The STIX Aspect System (SAS): The Optical Aspect System of the Spectrometer/Telescope for Imaging X-Rays (STIX) on Solar Orbiter

Strassmeier, K. G.; Krucker, S.; Mann, G. +28 more

The Spectrometer/Telescope for Imaging X-rays (STIX) is a remote sensing instrument on Solar Orbiter that observes the hard X-ray bremsstrahlung emission of solar flares. This paper describes the STIX Aspect System (SAS), a subunit that measures the pointing of STIX relative to the Sun with a precision of ±4^″, which is required to accur…

Editorial: Solar Wind at the Dawn of the Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter Era

Lapenta, Giovanni; van Driel-Gesztelyi, Lidia; Zhukov, Andrei

Solar Wind 15 brought together almost 250 experts from all continents of the world to discuss the current trends and future perspectives of the research on the Sun and its solar wind. The present article collection recaptures some of the highlights of their contributions.