WISPR Fits Data
Within the CGAUSS project, the European data server of the WISPR data is provided. WISPR data are available for the WISPR-Inner (WIT) and WISPR-Outer (WOT) telescopes.
Check data availability at PSP Science Gateway.
First light of the WISPR Telescopes. Credit: NRL
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For the latest status of data processing please visit the WISPR homepage.
The WISPR fits files are available in different data products categorized in a Level system that describes the number of calibration steps processed:
- L1 (Level-1): These data are de-compressed and oriented so that solar north is (approximately) up. No further calibrations or correction are applied.
- L2 (Level-2): L2 fits files are calibrated in units of Mean-Solar-Brightness (MSB). Furthermore, bias-, stray-light- and vignetting corrections are applied.
- L3 (Level-3): Additional to the L2 calibration and correction a model of the F-corona signal is subtracted to improve the visibility of the K-corona variations.
- L2b (Level-2b): Background models for the full-field WISPR images are generated individually for every encounter.
Zip files of the Levels 2, 3, and Background Models can be downloaded here.
WISPR data are provided by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and can be accessed on the WISPR Homepage.
CGAUSS data-products:
- mp4 Encounter overview: A video of the encounter including WISPR inner telescope (WIT) L3 images, running difference images, and a plot of the inner solar system objects.
- mp4 Context: WIT L3 images, running difference images, a plot of the inner solar system objects, and SDO AIA 171, 193, and 211 observations.
- png Single images: Png files of the encounter overview video.
Acknowledgements:
Parker Solar Probe was designed, built, and is now operated by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory as part of NASA’s Living with a Star (LWS) program (contract NNN06AA01C). Support from the LWS management and technical team has played a critical role in the success of the Parker Solar Probe mission.
The Wide-Field Imager for Parker Solar Probe (WISPR) instrument was designed, built, and is now operated by the US Naval Research Laboratory in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory, California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, University of Gottingen, Germany, Centre Spatiale de Liege, Belgium and University of Toulouse/Research Institute in Astrophysics and Planetology.
The CGAUSS project is funded by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) under grant 50OL2301 as the national contribution to the Parker Solar Probe mission.
The WISPR project is led by the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Washington DC, USA with Dr. Mark Linton as Principal Investigator (PI). The former PI was Dr. Russell A. Howard with Deputy PI and Project Scientist Dr. Angelos Vourlidas, now both at Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, USA.