Author name code: skomorovsky ADS astronomy entries on 2022-09-14 author:"Skomorovsky, Valery I." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Title: Iceland spar and birefringent filter (BF) development Authors: Skomorovsky, Valery; Kushtal, Galina; Tokareva (Lopteva), Lyubov Bibcode: 2022STP.....8a..69S Altcode: Birefringent crystals for BF are required to provide the necessary linear aperture, wavefront quality, and filter transmission in a given spectral region. Based on the review of foreign and domestic BF developments, the difficulties in using crystals from known deposits are examined. The Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics has developed BFs with extreme characteristics, using an innovative method for enriching crystals from East Siberian deposits and new methods for optical treatment and control of BF elements. We present the characteristics of the filters. Further progress in the creation of BFs in our country depends on the availability of necessary synthetic crystals and natural crystal of Iceland spar, which turned out to be a difficult fate in Russia. Title: Project of the Large Solar Telescope with mirror 3 m in diameter Authors: Grigoryev, Victor; Demidov, Mikhail; Kolobov, Dmitriy; Pulyaev, Vasiliy; Skomorovsky, Valery; Chuprakov, Sergey Bibcode: 2020STP.....6b..14G Altcode: 2020SZF.....6b..19G One of the most important problems of modern solar physics is the observation of the small-scale structure of the solar atmosphere at various heights (including the chromosphere and corona) in different spectral lines. Such observations can be made only with large solar telescopes whose main mirror has a diameter of at least 3 m. Currently, several large solar telescopes are under construction or development in the world. In 2013 in Russia, the work began on the development of a national large solar telescope with a mirror 3 m in diameter (LST-3), which is a part (subproject) of the National Heliogeophysical Complex of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The telescope is planned to be located in the Sayan Solar Observatory at an altitude of more than 2000 m. The choice was made in favor of the classic axisymmetric Gregory optical layout on an alt-azimuth mount. The scientific equipment of LST-3 will consist of several systems of narrow-band tunable filters and spectrographs for various wave ranges. The equipment will be placed both in the main coude focus on a rotating platform and in the Nasmyth focus. To achieve a diffraction resolution, high-order adaptive optics (AO) will be used. It is assumed that with a certain modification of the optical configuration, LST-3 will work as a 0.7 m mirror coronograph in near infrared lines and can also be used for observing astrophysical objects in the nighttime. Title: Chromospheric K CaII telescope of Baikal Astrophysical Observatory. Authors: Lopteva, Lyubov; Kushtal, Galina; Proshin, Vladimir; Skomorovsky, Valery; Firstov, Sergey; Khimich, Valeriy; Chuprakov, Sergey Bibcode: 2019STP.....5b.116L Altcode: 2019SZF.....5b.133L In recent years, most results of CaII studies of the solar chromosphere in H and K lines have been based on observations with narrow passband filters. The Baikal Observatory's full-disk chromospheric telescope for the K CaII line with a birefringent filter (BF) has again been included in observation programs of the Sun Service Station and scientific research. We analyze the methods of telescope and modernized birefringent filter adjustment. After many years of continuous operation, a pressing need arose to replace the damaged parts of the chromospheric telescope. Optics and mechanics of the entire telescope have been cleaned and readjusted. Wavefront interferograms of the teleobjective lens and of the whole telescope show that wavefront distortions of the entire optical path are within 0.25 λ. We present an optical scheme and discuss optical-physical characteristics of BF elements. The interference prefilter and UV polarizers have been replaced, and passbands of BF tunable stages have been adjusted. The BF spectral characteristics provide a fairly high contrast of monochromatic images of large-scale phenomena. Unfortunately, with a collimator and Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-S85 camera, mounted on the telescope, the theoretical resolution of the 180-mm telescope is not realized. We have therefore calculated two optical schemes of telescope changes for possible improvement in spatial resolution. Title: Commercial narrowband Fabry-Perot solar filters, methods and instruments for their examination Authors: Skomorovsky, Valery; Kushtal, Galina; Lopteva, Lyubov; Proshin, Vladimir; Tsayukova, Alla Bibcode: 2015SZF.....1c..72S Altcode: Nowadays, Coronado, Lunt, Solar Spectrum, Daystar and Solarscope companies advance available narrowband solar filters. Being installed in small telescopes they allow amateurs not only to admire grand phenomena in the solar atmosphere but also to be involved in scientific observations. The efforts of the companies aimed at achieving extreme values of Fabry-Perot (FP) filter basic parameters such as full width at half-maximum, angular field of view, filter clear aperture and uniformity of passband over the aperture, to make them suitable for scientific observations. Parameters of commercial filters, their compliance with the requirements depend on filter design and technology developed by companies. This study considers narrowband FP filters designs proposed by five leading companies, and some technological problems of their production, which are important for their operation. To use commercial filters in professional research, it is necessary to be sure that the filter parameters declared by companies correspond to real ones. The methods and devices proposed by authors allow high-precision measuring integral and local characteristics of FP filter and its spectral uniformity across the aperture. Also, we can estimate the quality of optical stack and filter suitability for professional solar observations. Title: Wide-field Solc-type birefringent filter Authors: Skomorovsky, Valery I.; Kushtal, Galina I.; Sadokhin, Valery P. Bibcode: 2012SPIE.8446E..6VS Altcode: A 24-element wide-field Solc birefringent filter (WFSBF) has been produced and tested for the first time. WFSBF is a second unit to the 3-unit BF designed for imaging solar magnetic fields in the FeI 6173 Å spectral line. WFSBF passband full width at half maximum is 0.2 Å. The optical stage of the Solc BF is apodized. The main passband has a two-peak profile, to increase BF transmittance in spectral line wings. The neighbouring passbands at 2 Å are cut off by the first BF unit. To measure magnetic fields, a narrower passband of the third BF unit is to scan the spectral line wings in the +/-0.05Å positions, in accordance with two-peak positions of the Solc filter profile. The wide field of view (FOV) of the Solc filter was reached with composite birefringent stages of 24 positive artificial paratellurite and 24 negative natural calcite crystals. FOV of a composite stage is eleven times larger than that of the only-calcite one. The calculated passband is compared to the experimental one. Technological aspects of the manufacture as well as devices for plate orientation are discussed. Title: Development of adaptive optics elements for solar telescope Authors: Lukin, V. P.; Grigor'ev, V. M.; Antoshkin, L. V.; Botugina, N. N.; Kovadlo, P. G.; Konyaev, P. A.; Kopulov, E. A.; Skomorovsky, V. I.; Trifonov, V. D.; Chuprakov, S. A. Bibcode: 2012SPIE.8447E..6EL Altcode: The devices and components of adaptive optical system ANGARA, which is developed for image correction in the Big solar vacuum telescope (BSVT) at Baykal astrophysical observatory are described. It is shown that the use of modernized adaptive system on BSVT not only reduces the turbulent atmospheric distortions of image, but also gives a possibility to improve the telescope developing new methods of solar observations. A high precision Shack-Hartmann wavefront (WF) sensor has been developed on the basis of a low-aperture off-axis diffraction lens array. The device is capable of measuring WF slopes at array sub-apertures of size 640X640 μm with an error not exceeding 4.80 arc.sec. Also the modification of this sensor for adaptive system of solar telescope using extended scenes as tracking objects, such as sunspot, pores, solar granulation and limb, is presented. The software package developed for the proposed WF sensors includes three algorithms of local WF slopes estimation (modified centroids, normalized cross-correlation and fast Fourier-demodulation), as well as three methods of WF reconstruction (modal Zernike polynomials expansion, deformable mirror response functions expansion and phase unwrapping), that can be selected during operation with accordance to the application. Title: White-Light Observations and Polarimetric Analysis of the Solar Corona During the Eclipse of 1 August 2008 Authors: Skomorovsky, V. I.; Trifonov, V. D.; Mashnich, G. P.; Zagaynova, Y. S.; Fainshtein, V. G.; Kushtal, G. I.; Chuprakov, S. A. Bibcode: 2012SoPh..277..267S Altcode: In order to study the solar corona during eclipses, a new telescope was constructed. Three coronal images were obtained simultaneously through a single objective of the telescope as the coronal radiation passed through three polarizers (whose transmission directions were turned 0°, 60°, and 120° in the chosen direction); one image was obtained without a polarizer. The telescope was used to observe the solar corona during the eclipse of 1 August 2008. We obtained the distributions of polarization brightness, K-corona brightness, the degree of K-corona polarization and the total polarization degree; the polarization direction, depending on the latitude and radius in the plane of the sky, was also obtained. We calculated the radial distributions of electron density depending on the latitude. The properties of all these distributions were compared for different coronal structures. We determined the temperature of the coronal plasma in different coronal structures assuming hydrostatic equilibrium. Title: The solar corona during the eclipse of August 1, 2008 Authors: Skomorovsky, V. I.; Trifonov, V. D.; Mashinch, G. P.; Zaiganova, Yu. S.; Fainshtein, V. G.; Kushtal', G. I.; Chuprakov, S. A. Bibcode: 2011Ge&Ae..51.1063S Altcode: A new telescope has been created to investigate the solar corona during eclipses. One lens simultaneously forms three corona images occurring as coronal radiation passes through three polarizers with transmission directions rotated 0°, 60°, and 120° relative to the selected direction; in addition, one image is formed without the polarizer. The telescope was used for solar corona observation during the eclipse of August 1, 2008. We obtained the distributions of polarization brightness, K corona brightness, degree of K corona polarization, and total degree of polarization as well as polarization directions depending on the latitude and radius in the sky plane. Radial distributions of the electron density depending on latitude were calculated. The coronal plasma temperature was determined for different corona structures under the assumption of hydrostatic equilibrium. Title: Characteristic features of the solar corona during the eclipse of 1 August 2008 Authors: Skomorovsky, V. I.; Trifonov, V. D.; Mashnich, G. P.; Zagaynova, Yu. S.; Fainshtein, V. G.; Kushtal, G. I.; Chuprakov, S. A. Bibcode: 2011arXiv1105.0779S Altcode: In order to study the solar corona during eclipses, a new telescope was constructed. Three coronal images were obtained simultaneously from one objective of the telescope as the coronal radiation passed through three polarisers (whose transmission directions were turned through 0^{\circ}, 60^{\circ}, and 120^{\circ} to the chosen direction); one image without polariser was also obtained. The telescope was used to observe the solar corona during the eclipse of 1 August 2008. We obtained distributions of the polarisation brightness, K-corona brightness, degree of the K-corona polarisation and total polarisation degree; polarisation direction depending on the latitude and radius in the plane of the sky was also obtained. We calculated radial distributions of electron density, depending on the latitude. Properties of all these distributions in different coronal structures were compared. We determined temperature of coronal plasma in different coronal structures on the assumption that there is a hydrostatic equilibrium. Title: The Irkutsk Barium filter for narrow-band wide-field high-resolution solar images at the Dutch Open Telescope Authors: Hammerschlag, Robert H.; Skomorovsky, Valery I.; Bettonvil, Felix C. M.; Kushtal, Galina I.; Olshevsky, Vyacheslav L.; Rutten, Robert J.; Jägers, Aswin P. L.; Sliepen, Guus; Snik, Frans Bibcode: 2010SPIE.7735E..85H Altcode: 2010SPIE.7735E.265H A wide-field birefringent filter for the barium II line at 455.4nm is developed in Irkutsk. The Barium line is excellent for Doppler-shift measurements because of low thermal line-broadening and steep flanks of the line profile. The filter width is 0.008nm and the filter is tunable over 0.4nm through the whole line and far enough in the neighboring regions. A fast tuning system with servomotor is developed at the Dutch Open Telescope (DOT). Observations are done in speckle mode with 10 images per second and Keller-VonDerLühe reconstruction using synchronous images of a nearby bluecontinuum channel at 450.5nm. Simultaneous observation of several line positions, typically 3 or 5, are made with this combination of fast tuning and speckle. All polarizers are birefringent prisms which largely reduced the light loss compared to polarizing sheets. The advantage of this filter over Fabry-Perot filters is its wide field due to a large permitted entrance angle and no need of polishing extremely precise surfaces. The BaII observations at the DOT occur simultaneously with those of a fast-tunable birefringent H-alpha filter. This gives the unique possibility of simultaneous speckle-reconstructed observations of velocities in photosphere (BaII) and chromosphere (H-alpha). Title: Possibilities for the application of adaptive optics at solar telescopes Authors: Lukin, V. P.; Grigoryev, V. M.; Antoshkin, L. V.; Botygina, N. N.; Yemaleev, O. N.; Konyaev, P. A.; Kovadlo, P. G.; Skomorovsky, V. I. Bibcode: 2009Ge&Ae..49.1128L Altcode: Possibilities for the application of adaptive optics at solar telescopes are studied. A modified correlation tracker to measure the image motion at the first focus of the Big Solar Vacuum Telescope (BSVT) at the Baikal Astrophysical Observatory of the Institute for Solar-Terrestrial Physics, the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, has been investigated experimentally. Title: Studying instrumental linear polarization at the Large Solar Vacuum Telescope (LSVT) Authors: Firstova, N. M.; Polyakov, V. I.; Skomorovsky, V. I.; Grigoriev, V. M. Bibcode: 2009Ge&Ae..49..927F Altcode: Impact linear polarization in solar flares is studied with the Large Solar Vacuum Telescope (LSVT) using the spectral polarimetric method. This method makes it possible to minimize the effect of instrumental polarization with an error of up to 10-2 owing to the normalization of the spectral line intensity to the continuum spectrum intensity with negligible linear polarization. As a result, the Hα line intensity in two orthogonally polarized spectral stripes coincides in the absence of solar polarization. However, in the presence of linear polarization in a flare, the spectral polarimetric method does not rule out that the error can be present in determining the Stokes parameters Q and U because of their possible relative “leakage.” Linear instrumental polarization of LSVT has been performed using polaroid rotation before the major mirror. Twelve elements of a telescope matrix, characterizing linear polarization, have been determined. The usage of a matrix makes it possible to specify the observed Q and U values accurate to 10-3 of their magnitude. Title: Tests of the adaptive optical system with a modified correlation sensor at the big solar vacuum telescope Authors: Lukin, V. P.; Grigor'ev, V. M.; Antoshkin, L. V.; Botygina, N. N.; Emaleev, O. N.; Konyaev, P. A.; Kovadlo, P. G.; Skomorovskii, V. I. Bibcode: 2008SPIE.7108E..0KL Altcode: 2008SPIE.7108E..16L The possibility of applying adaptive correction to ground-based solar astronomy is considered. Several experimental systems for image stabilization are described along with the results of their tests. As a result of the installation of the first order adaptive-optics system, the Big Solar Vacuum Telescope (BSVT) acquired the new quality. Different ways of development of an adaptive correction to be used in the BSVT of the Baikal Astrophysical Observatory are discussed. Tests of the modified correlation sensor (MCS) at BSVT have shown that at a proper choice of the filtering function parameters, the MCS reliably measures shifts of the solar granulation image in the telescope first focus under good visibility conditions. The MCS, as a part of the adaptive optical system, was intended for measuring the image shift in the telescope second focus. It turned out that the image quality becomes noticeably worse at image transfer to the second focus. The MCS measures the image shift of solar granulation in the second focus only under extremely good visibility conditions and certain granulation structure. Reduction of the telescope entrance aperture to 170 mm insignificantly affects the image quality and, therefore, the MCS operation. Title: Adaptive optics system application for solar telescope Authors: Lukin, V. P.; Grigor'ev, V. M.; Antoshkin, L. V.; Botugina, N. N.; Emaleev, O. N.; Konyaev, P. A.; Kovadlo, P. G.; Krivolutskiy, N. P.; Lavrionova, L. N.; Skomorovski, V. I. Bibcode: 2008SPIE.7015E..6TL Altcode: 2008SPIE.7015E.187L The possibility of applying adaptive correction to ground-based solar astronomy is considered. Several experimental systems for image stabilization are described along with the results of their tests. Using our work along several years and world experience in solar adaptive optics (AO) we are assuming to obtain first light to the end of 2008 for the first Russian low order ANGARA solar AO system on the Big Solar Vacuum Telescope (BSVT) with 37 subapertures Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor based of our modified correlation tracker algorithm, DALSTAR video camera, 37 elements deformable bimorph mirror, home made fast tip-tip mirror with separate correlation tracker. Too strong daytime turbulence is on the BSVT site and we are planning to obtain a partial correction for part of Sun surface image. Title: Proposal Large Solar Telescope in Russia Authors: Grigor'ev, Victor; Pimenov, Yuri; Papushev, Pavel; Skomorovsky, Valery; Kamus, Sergey Bibcode: 2006IAUSS...1E..19G Altcode: The general requirements upon more than 2.5 m in diameter Solar Telescope-Coronograph and potentialities manufacture of 2.6 m diameter aplanatics and off-axis Gregory systems are considered. The azimuthal fork mounting for spectral equipment in Nasmith focus is designed. The new scheme, lay-out and construction of altazimuthal Large Solar Telescope are proposed. To produce more than 3-meters quasi axis telescope with easy tested small polarization is the main idea of work. It is proposed the classical Gregory system with additional entrance plane mirror and its construction. The system combining advantages of coelostat horizontal solar telescope and symmetrical altazimuthal axis mounting should have high stability of image quality. Proposed system can be recommended for large up to 6 m telescopes. Title: Adaptive optical system for a ground-based solar telescope Authors: Lukin, V. P.; Antoshkin, L. V.; Botygina, N. N.; Ermaleev, O. N.; Grigor'ev, V. M.; Konyaev, P. A.; Yankov, A. P.; Kovadlo, P. G.; Skomorovskii, V. I. Bibcode: 2006JOptT..73..197L Altcode: This paper discusses a modified adaptive optical system for a ground-based solar telescope that corrects the influence of the atmosphere and of technical distortions on the quality of the resulting image of the object. An adaptive optical system is developed from traditional optoelectronic systems by incorporating additional elements, namely a wave-front corrector (an active mirror), a device for measuring wave-front distortion (a wave-front sensor), and a reference source that provides an optical signal to set the wave-front sensor. The angular resolution of an image in the telescope can reach diffraction resolution as a result of adaptive correction; i.e., it can be increased by about a factor of 10-25. Title: Adaptive System of Tip-Tilt Correction of Image with Modified Correlation Tracker for BSVT Authors: Lukin, V.; Antoshkin, L.; Botygina, N.; Emaleev, O.; Grigor'ev, V.; Konyaev, P.; Kovadlo, P.; Skomorovski, V.; Yankov, A. Bibcode: 2006via..conf..219L Altcode: The possibility of applying adaptive correction to ground-based solar astronomy is considered. Several experimental systems for image stabilization are described along with the results of their tests. As a result of the installation of the first order adaptive-optics system, the Big Solar Vacuum Telescope (BSVT) acquired the new quality. Different ways of development of an adaptive correction to be used in the BSVT of the Baikal Astrophysical Observatory are discussed. Title: The investigation of the solar active regions structure using the multiwave observations with Large Solar Coronagraph of Sayan Observatory: the study of spectra and images of the sunspot umbras in the domain of the line He I 10830 Å Authors: Chuprakov, S. A.; Kushtal, G. I.; Papushev, P. G.; Skomorovsky, V. I.; Zagaynova, Yu. S. Bibcode: 2004IAUS..223..183C Altcode: 2005IAUS..223..183C The solar active regions observations were carried out with facilities for multi-spectral investigations of solar atmosphere on Large solar coronagraph of Sayan observatory. The facilities permits to perform the spectral observations in selected chromospheric and coronal lines simultaneously with obtaining of H_alpha and He I images. Title: Ba II 4554 Å speckle imaging as solar Doppler diagnostic Authors: Sütterlin, P.; Rutten, R. J.; Skomorovsky, V. I. Bibcode: 2001A&A...378..251S Altcode: We present observations testing the Dopplergram capability of a narrow-band (80 mÅ) Lyot filter imaging the solar surface in the wings of the Ba II 4554 Å resonance line in combination with speckle reconstruction to obtain high angular resolution. The Ba II 4554 Å line is found to be an excellent tool for high-resolution Doppler mapping thanks to opacity insensitivity to temperature variations and line-width insensitivity to thermal broadening. The resulting Dopplergrams show concentrated downflows of 1.2-2.2 km;s-1 in intergranular lanes that probably mark magnetic fluxtubes. Two-wavelength profile sampling is found to suffice for high-resolution Dopplergram construction. The filter will be installed as part of a multi-wavelength speckle imaging system on the new Dutch Open Telescope. Title: Investigation of He I 10 830 Å `Dark Points' at the Sayan Solar Observatory and the Baikal Astrophysical Observatory Authors: Skomorovsky, V. I.; Firstova, N. M.; Kashapova, L. K.; Kushtal, G. I.; Boulatov, A. V. Bibcode: 2001SoPh..199...37S Altcode: A new two-bandpass birefringent filter has been produced at ISTP, Irkutsk for the investigation of the fine structure of the chromosphere. One filter passband is centered on the He i 10 830 Å line, the second one is centered on Hα. The FWHM of the He i 10 830 Å passband is 0.46 Å and of the Hα passband is 0.3 Å. A large number of filtergrams were obtained with the filter at the Sayan observatory. At the same time, spectral observations with high spatial and spectral resolution were carried out by the large solar vacuum telescope at the Baikal Observatory. We selected 29 `dark point' spectra with sizes from 2'' to 13'', as well as `dark points' on the filtergrams. Comparison of spectrograms and filtergrams has shown a good agreement of their size and intensity in relation with the surrounding chromosphere as well as the absence of primary line-of-sight velocities in both observation types. From spectral observations, the depth of 10 830 Å is over 30% for some `dark points', and the FWHM is more than 1 Å. He i 10 830 Å line profiles in `dark points' are more deep and wide than in quiet regions. The optical depth of the chromosphere in `dark points' is estimated. Comparison with the unperturbed chromosphere showed that `dark points' in He i 10 830 Å are more optically thin than the nearby chromosphere. Title: A Multi-Channel Speckle Imaging System for the DOT Authors: Sütterlin, P.; Hammerschlag, R. H.; Bettonvil, F. C. M.; Rutten, R. J.; Skomorovsky, V. I.; Domyshev, G. N. Bibcode: 2001ASPC..236..431S Altcode: 2001aspt.conf..431S No abstract at ADS Title: The Today's Investigations on Large Solar Vacuum Telescope Authors: Skomorovsky, V. I.; Firstova, N. M.; Kashapova, L. K.; Firstova, A. V.; Kushtal, G. I. Bibcode: 2001AGM....18.P221S Altcode: The contribution presents the prospective observations obtained with the Large Solar Vacuum Telescope (Baikal astrophysical observatory, Irkutsk) from 1997 after its re-equipment by CCD-camera. During the latest years we carried out basically the spectropolarimetric Hα observations of the emission objects of different sizes from the solar flares to the Ellerman bombs. The flares followed by a surges have aroused a special interest. The observations and preliminary results are shown. The Ellerman bombs or moustaches were devoted much attention. We obtained the extensive observational data( more than 200 objects) and the various mechanisms of their arising have been analyzed. Besides the investigation of the linear polarization in Hα line the spectral observations in IR region (HeI 10830 Å line) were carried out. Also we obtain the observation of the pores in the several Fe lines for the latest two years. This work was supported by Russian Foundation for Basic Research grants 00-02-16068-a and 01-02-06203. Thanks are also due the State Support of Leading Scientific Schools of the Russian Federation grant 00-15-96659 and the State Scientific and Technical Program ``Astronomy'' for their support. Title: First-order adaptive system for correction of images in solar ground-based telescopes Authors: Antoshkin, Leonid V.; Borovik, A. B.; Botygina, Nina N.; Bulatov, Alexei V.; Emaleev, Oleg N.; Firstova, N. M.; Fortes, Boris V.; Grigoryev, Victor M.; Kovadlo, P. G.; Lavrinova, L. N.; Lukin, Vladimir P.; Petrov, A. I.; Skomorovsky, Valery I.; Yankov, A. P. Bibcode: 2000SPIE.4007..232A Altcode: The possibility of applying adaptive-optics devices to ground- based solar astronomy and high-resolution spectroscopy is considered. Due to atmospheric turbulence the resolution of ground-based solar telescopes are limited to 1 arcsec on the average with short period of subarcsecond resolution at good sites. Application of adaptive correction is a ground-based telescope to improve image quality is possible to improve whole performance of telescope to obtain images with resolution about 0.3' and to improve resolution for spectral measurements of the Sun. Adaptive Optics represent a visible tool for increasing the resolution of ground-based telescopes to the level that will be needed to understand the physical processes occurring on the Sun. An experimental adaptive- optics system for image stabilization is described, as well as the results of its tests. Different ways of the further development of the adaptive-optics system for use in the Big Solar Vacuum Telescope (BSVT) of the Baikal Astrophysical Observatory are discussed. Title: Program for the 1999 August 11 eclipse Authors: Grigoriev, V. M.; Eselevich, V. G.; Kashapova, L. K.; Salakhutdinov, R. T.; Skomorovsky, V. I. Bibcode: 1999CoSka..28..256G Altcode: A study of the solar coronal fine structure up to 5--6 solar radii as an indicator of the global and local processes on the Sun. The experimental detection of fast changes in coronal structures. An investigation of the minimal and maximal coronal structure (streamer form) as a result of the plasma layer projection on the picture plane along the neutral line. Obtaining 8--10 images of the white-light corona with the radial neutral filter. The special telescope was developed and manufactured. The telescope tube is directed to (or from) the polar star. The Sun's tracking is carried out by the whole telescope tube with the heliostat mirror around the polar axis. The lens of the telescope is a two-component Petzval type, the diameter is 120 mm, and the focal length is 1200 mm. The assumed angular resolution at the region +/-2.5 degree is near 5 arcsec. Data will be recorded either via an automatic 8-cm aerial camera or using a CCD-detector. Title: The Large Vacuum Solar Telescope on the Way to High Resolution Authors: Boulatov, A.; Grigoryev, V.; Skomorovsky, V. Bibcode: 1999ASPC..183..206B Altcode: 1999hrsp.conf..206B No abstract at ADS Title: A program of Observations for the August 11, 1999 Total Solar Eclipse Authors: Grigoriev, V. M.; Eselevich, V. G.; Kashapova, L. K.; Salakhutdinov, R. T.; Skomorovsky, V. I. Bibcode: 1998jena.conf...12G Altcode: A study of the solar coronal fine structure up to 5--6 solar radii as an indicator of the global and local processes on the Sun. The experimental detection of fast changes in coronal structures. An investigation of the minimal and maximal coronal structure (streamer form) as a result of the plasma layer projection on the picture plane along the neutral line. Obtaining 8--10 images of the white-light corona with the radial neutral filter. The special telescope was developed and manufactured. The telescope tube is directed to (or from) the polar star. The Sun's tracking is carried out by the whole telescope tube with the heliostat mirror around the polar axis. The lens of the telescope is a two-component Petzval type, the diameter is 120 mm, and the focal length is 1200 mm. The assumed angular resolution at the region ±2.5 degree is near 5 arcsec. Data will be recorded either via an automatic 8-cm aerial camera or using a CCD-detector. Title: Observation of the eclipsed corona. The origin of the 'minimum' and 'maximum' corona Authors: Eselevich, V. G.; Grigoryev, V. M.; Skomorovsky, V. I.; Salakhutdinov, R. T. Bibcode: 1998ESASP.421..267E Altcode: 1998sjcp.conf..267E No abstract at ADS Title: The two-bandpass birefringent filter (BF) for the HEL 10830 Å and Hα lines Authors: Kushtal, G. I.; Skomorovsky, V. I. Bibcode: 1998ESASP.421..329K Altcode: 1998sjcp.conf..329K No abstract at ADS Title: The Large Solar Vacuum Telescope: the Optical System, and First Spectral Observations Authors: Skomorovsky, V. I.; Firstova, N. M. Bibcode: 1996SoPh..163..209S Altcode: The performance of the optics of the Large Solar Vacuum Telescope (LSVT) and examples of the spectrograms taken with the spectrograph are presented. A new pneumo-mechanical support system for the siderostat mirror and monitoring system of the telescope optics is described. Title: On Filter Observations of Coronal Structures in the Light of FeX 6374 Angstrom Emission Line Authors: Guetman, F. I.; Kim, I. S.; Bucher, A.; Druzhinin, C. A.; Noens, J. -C.; Salakhutdinov, R. T.; Semenikin, A. A.; Skomorovsky, V. I. Bibcode: 1994scs..conf..575G Altcode: 1994IAUCo.144..575G The red coronal line of Fe X (6374 Å) seems to be extremely suitable for filter observations due to reduced sky scattering in this spectral interval and absence of blending by Fraunhofer lines. Comparative analysis of location of Hα structures in colour and black-white pictures of the solar corona of July 11, 1991 was carried out. Care should be taken when interference filters are used for the red corona observations. Estimations of parameters of an interference filter for the reliable red coronal observations are presented. Title: The Optical System of the Large Vacuum Solar Telescope Authors: Skomorovsky, V. Bibcode: 1993rtpf.conf..140S Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The Sayan Observatory coronograph. Authors: Papushev, P. G.; Levkovskij, V. I.; Tyagun, N. F.; Salakhutdinov, R. T.; Skomorovskij, V. I.; Kruglov, V. I. Bibcode: 1992BSolD...6...80P Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Red light observations of the solar corona at Abastumani Authors: Khetsuriani, T. S.; Khutsishvili, Eh. V.; Skomorovskii, V. I.; Sadokhin, V. P.; Gigolashvili, M. Sh.; Majer, A. K.; Tetruashvili, Eh. I. Bibcode: 1989AbaOB..66..105K Altcode: 1989AbaOB..66..112K; 1989AbaOB..66..105S Images of the solar corona in the Fe X 6374-A line were obtained with a small coronagraph and birefringent filter. The images reveal streamer, ray, arch, and loop structures. The filter transmits about 5 percent of the light and has a passband half-width of about 0.6 A. The intensity of the secondary maxima does not exceed 1 percent. Plans for future studies using the coronagraph are discussed. Title: A grating interferometer Authors: Domyshev, G. N.; Skomorovskii, V. I. Bibcode: 1988soph.book..193D Altcode: An interferometer has been developed for inspecting large flat surfaces by reference to small primary standard. In this interferometer, the diffraction gratings are designed such that one is the replica of the other and both are mirror gratings. The results are of interest in connection with the development of solar telescopes. Title: A Study of the Birefringent Polymers on the Spectrocompensator Authors: Demidov, M. L.; Skomorovsky, V. I. Bibcode: 1982IGAFS..60...71D Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The SibIZMIR Halpha -cinematograph. Authors: Banin, V. G.; Klevtsov, Yu. A.; Skomorovskij, V. I.; Trifonov, V. D. Bibcode: 1982BSolD1982...90B Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: The Sibizmir Hα Cinematograph Authors: Banin, V. G.; Klevtsov, Y. A.; Skomorovsky, V. I.; Trifonov, V. D. Bibcode: 1982BSolD...1...90B Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Making and Investigation of the Large Solar Vacuum Telescope Lsvt Objective Authors: Domyshev, G. N.; Klevtsov, Y. A.; Skomorovsky, V. I.; Gan, M. A.; Ustinov, V. I. Bibcode: 1982IGAFS..60..212D Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Monochromatic Filters for Solar Observations Authors: Skomorovsky, V. I.; Ioffe, S. B. Bibcode: 1980IGAFS..52..128S Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Two-dimensional analysis of waveprocesses in the lower chromosphere in the vicinity of an active region. Authors: Larionov, N. V.; Merkulenko, V. E.; Polyakov, V. I.; Skomorovskij, V. I.; Zhugzhda, Yu. D. Bibcode: 1979IGAFS..45...68L Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: An automatized solar telescope. Authors: Osak, B. F.; Grigor'ev, V. M.; Kruglov, V. I.; Skomorovskij, V. I. Bibcode: 1979nta..conf...84O Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Some results of a flare observation with the help of a filter in the Hbeta line. Authors: Merkulenko, V. E.; Polyakov, V. I.; Skomorovskij, V. I. Bibcode: 1979IGAFS..45...64M Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Devices for the control of astronomical optics. Authors: Domyshev, G. N.; Kitov, A. K.; Sadokhin, V. P.; Skomorovskij, V. I. Bibcode: 1979nta..conf..126D Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: A two-dimensional analysis of wave processes in the lower chromosphere in the neighbourhood of an active region from filtergrams in the Ba II 4554+0.05 Å line. Authors: Polyakov, V. I.; Merkulenko, V. E.; Skomorovskij, V. I.; Larionov, N. V. Bibcode: 1977BSolD1977...62P Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Some results of a two- and three-dimensional spectral analysis of wave processes in the lower chromosphere from filtergrams in the Ba II 4554+0.05 Å line. Authors: Larionov, N. V.; Merkulenko, V. E.; Polyakov, V. I.; Skomorovskij, V. I. Bibcode: 1977IGAFS..42...50L Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Time variations of the chromospheric brightness structure near an active region obtained from filtergrams of the line Ba II 4554+0.05 Å. Authors: Larionov, N. V.; Merkulenko, V. E.; Polyakov, V. I.; Skomorovskij, V. I. Bibcode: 1977BSolD1976...84L Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Preliminary results of chromospheric observations with the birefringent filter in the lines Ba II 4554 and Hbeta 4861 Å. Authors: Skomorovskij, V. I.; Merkulenko, V. E.; Polyakov, V. I. Bibcode: 1976BSolD1976R..73S Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Time variations of the brightness of the chromospheric structure using filtergrams in the Ba II 4554+0.05 Å line. Authors: Larionov, N. V.; Merkulenko, V. E.; Polyakov, V. I.; Skomorovskij, V. I. Bibcode: 1976BSolD1976...78L Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: An analysis of the brightness of a plage and surrounding chromospheric elements from filtergrams in the Ba II 4554±0.05 Å line. Authors: Kuklin, G. V.; Merkulenko, V. E.; Polyakov, V. I.; Skomorovskij, V. I. Bibcode: 1976eear.conf...76K Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: On brightness variations of "rosettes" of the chromospheric network in the wings of the Halpha line. Authors: Polyakov, V. I.; Skomorovskij, V. I.; Merkulenko, V. E. Bibcode: 1976opa..conf....6P Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Brightness variations of chromospheric mottles in the neighbourhood of an active region from filtergrams in the Halpha +0.5 Å line. Authors: Polyakov, V. I.; Merkulenko, V. E.; Skomorovskij, V. I. Bibcode: 1975IGAFS..37...55P Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Control of the transparence of a multi-layer dielectric system in the process of vacuum evaporation. Authors: Aleksandrovich, S. V.; Kobanov, N. I.; Osak, B. F.; Parfenova, R. I.; Skomorovskij, V. I. Bibcode: 1975IGAFS..37..243A Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Narrow-band interference-polarization filter with two transmission bands. Authors: Aleksandrovich, S. V.; Domyshev, G. N.; Korovkin, A. I.; Sadokhin, V. P.; Skomorovskij, V. I. Bibcode: 1975NTvA....5...34A Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: On the brightness fluctuation of coarse mottles of the chromospheric network in a line. Authors: Merkulenko, V. E.; Polyakov, V. I.; Skomorovskij, V. I. Bibcode: 1974IGAFS..31...13M Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: A preliminary model of the magnetic field structure of a coarse mottle of the chromospheric network. Authors: Merkulenko, V. E.; Polyakov, V. I.; Skomorovskij, V. I. Bibcode: 1974IGAFS..31...92M Altcode: No abstract at ADS Title: Checking up cristal elements in birefringent filters (IPF). Authors: Skomorovskij, V. I. Bibcode: 1973IGAFS..26..210S Altcode: No abstract at ADS