GUWAHATI: The Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) instrument on board the Aditya-L1 spacecraft which was collectively developed by Tezpur University has successfully captured the first full-disk images of the sun in the 200-400 nm wavelength range.
The mission by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) marks a crucial step in solar observation and research.
The development of SUIT was a collaborative effort involving Tezpur University, the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, the Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), the Centre for Excellence in Space Science Indian (CESSI) at IISER-Kolkata, the Indian Institute of Astrophysics Bengaluru, and the Udaipur Solar Observatory (USO-PRL).
Janmejoy Sarkar, a PhD scholar of the Department of Physics at Tezpur University and Senior Research Fellow of IUCAA, Pune, played a crucial role in developing IUCAA’s Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope payload on Aditya-L1. Expressing his joy, Sarkar mentioned that the team anticipates more insights in the coming months.
