====== THEMIS Solar Telescope ====== The "Télescope Héliographique pour l’Étude du Magnétisme et des Instabilités Solaires" (THEMIS) of [[https://www.insu.cnrs.fr/en|CNRS-INSU]] is a 1-meter-class optical solar telescope, primarily dedicated to studying solar magnetism and the dynamical processes within the Sun’s atmosphere (such as sunspots and solar flares). THEMIS can also perform observation of near-Sun objects such as Mercury and comets. THEMIS is located at the [[https://www.iac.es/en/observatorios-de-canarias/teide-observatory | Teide Observatory]] of [[https://www.iac.es/en | IAC]], with a base office in La Laguna, in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. ;#; New: ** [[observation:2025campaign#2025 campaign schedule | Schedule of 2025 observing campaign]] ** \\ ;#; /* ;#; 2025 campaign schedule ** ¡¡¡ Call for the [[observation:2025campaign | 2025 observing campaign]] is open !!! ** \\ Deadline for "French" and "International" time" : February 17th, 2025. ;#; */ Click for information on: \ \ **[[admin:location| How to reach THEMIS locations]]** \ ; \ **[[admin:contacts| How to contact the THEMIS team]]** /* */ === Overview of telescope status === \\ [[http://themis.iac.es/wdata/Webcam/webcam.jpg | THEMIS from VTT webcam]] \\ [[http://themis.iac.es/wdata/Webcam/Domecam.jpg | Webcam of THEMIS Dome]] \\ Latest [[https://view.eumetsat.int/productviewer?v=default | EUMETSAT]] RGB image \\ [[observation:weather | THEMIS weather page]] \\ Last image from \\ THEMIS full Sun guider ---- === The THEMIS telescope and its science === **[[technical|Technical & scientific information about THEMIS]]** \\ [[science:objectives|THEMIS scientific objectives]] \\ [[admin|THEMIS administrative structures]] === Observing with THEMIS === **[[observation| Information for research scientists wishing to observe with THEMIS]]** \\ [[observation:weather | Weather at THEMIS location and weather forecast]] \\ [[observation:data| THEMIS data products & data access]] === THEMIS Scientific research & results === **[[science| Scientific research with THEMIS]]** \\ [[science:results| THEMIS scientific highlights and news]] \\ [[science:gallery| THEMIS observations and media galleries]] == THEMIS image of the month: May 2025 == Hourly dynamics of Sodium emission on Mercury **May was Mercury Month a theMis!**\\ This past month of May took place the usual annual observation campaign of Mercury, led by researchers from the Italian National Institute of Astrophysics (INAF/IAPS in Rome) in collaboration with scientist from the French Laboratoire Atmosphères, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS/CNRS-UVSQ-SU-CNES in Paris). \\ In a sequence of scans of the exosphere of Mercury obtained some years ago, THEMIS could follow the hourly evolution of the reconstructed distribution of the Sodium emission. The figure displays the intensity emission (in kiloRayleigh) after preliminary reduction, including bias and sky background subtraction, as well as spectral and flux calibrations. Solid white line highlights the disk of the planet, the cross indicating the center of the disk. Mercury disk is 6.0'' wide. The Sun is located on the left. \\ The images show the two peaks of higher intensity at high hermian latitude in the direction of the Sun. These peaks of sodium emission are roughly co-spatial with the positions of the magnetic footprints. Their evolution is due to the link of such emission with the Mercury magnetosphere and the interaction with the varying solar wind particles penetrating the magnetosphere and flowing to the surface. Adapted from [[https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2013.03.002]| Mangano et al. 2013]]. \\ [[science:imofmonth|Past images of the month]] === THEMIS telescope management === [[management|Internal pages for the THEMIS team]]\\ [[oldstart|Previous THEMIS front page]]