Birmingham Solar Oscillations Network
{{short description|Network of six solar helioseismology observatories}}
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The Birmingham Solar Oscillations Network (BiSON) consists of a network of six remote solar observatories monitoring low-degree solar oscillation modes. It is operated by the High Resolution Optical Spectroscopy group of the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Birmingham, UK, in collaboration with Sheffield Hallam University, UK. They are funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC).{{cite web|url=http://bison.ph.bham.ac.uk/|title=BiSON :: Home|accessdate=16 May 2009}}
The BiSON has been collecting data continuously on solar oscillations since 1976, making it the longest running helioseismology network with data covering three solar cycles.{{cite web|url=http://astro.phys.au.dk/SONG/WORKSHOP-2006/Miller.ppt|title=BiSON The Birmingham Solar-Oscillations Network|accessdate=16 May 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070611210739/http://astro.phys.au.dk/SONG/WORKSHOP-2006/Miller.ppt|archivedate=11 June 2007}}
Team
=Academic staff=
- Professor Yvonne Elsworth (Head of project)
- Professor Bill Chaplin
=Research staff=
- Anne-Marie Broomhall — Helioseismology
- Andrea Miglio
- Steven Hale
=Technical staff=
- Mr Ian Barnes — Electronics
- Mr Barry Jackson — Mechanics
Remote observatories
BiSON operates automated resonant scattering spectrometers in astronomical domes or mirror fed systems. The network was established in 1976 with two permanent stations; the addition of several more sites culminated with the addition of a sixth in 1992.{{cite journal|date=May 1996|title=Recent Results from the Birmingham Solar-Oscillations Network (BiSON)|journal=American Astronomical Society|issue=1996AAS...188.6904C|bibcode=1996AAS...188.6904C|last1=Chaplin|first1=W. J.|last2=Elsworth|first2=Y.|last3=Isaak|first3=G. R.|last4=McLeod|first4=C. P.|last5=Miller|first5=B. A.|last6=New|first6=R.|volume=188|pages=936}} The current sites are:
- Mount Wilson Observatory, California, USA
- Las Campanas Observatory, Region IV, Chile
- Observatorio del Teide, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
- South African Astronomical Observatory, Sutherland, South Africa
- OTC Earth Station Carnarvon, Carnarvon, WA, Australia
- Paul Wild Observatory, Narrabri, NSW, Australia
See also
References
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External links
- [http://bison.ph.bham.ac.uk BiSON homepage]
- [http://bison.ph.bham.ac.uk/index.php?page=bison BiSON Data] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206142801/http://bison.ph.bham.ac.uk/index.php?page=bison |date=6 February 2012 }}
- [http://bison.ph.bham.ac.uk/live Realtime BiSON Telemetry and Cameras]
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