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Coud茅 Lab Visible Broadband Imager: The Visible Broadband Imager (VBI)-blue channel鈥檚 feed optics are backdropped by the Facility Instrument Distribution Optics (FIDO). The VBI takes extremely high spatial resolution images of the solar surface and low atmosphere. The FIDO utilizes a suite of beamsplitters, windows, and mirrors to distribute light to the telescope鈥檚 science instruments.

Coud茅 Lab Wavefront Correction System: Foreground: In the facility鈥檚 instrument laboratory, called the 鈥淐oud茅 Lab鈥�, beam splitters and feed optics channel light into the wavefront correction system, part of the telescope鈥檚 adaptive optics infrastructure. The wavefront correction system morphs the shape of the telescope鈥檚 鈥渄eformable mirror鈥� 2000 times a second in order to counteract turbulence in the Earth鈥檚 atmosphere that would otherwise distort the incoming light beam. The wavefront correction system鈥檚 fore optics are pictured. More info on the Coud茅 https://nso.edu/telescopes/dkist/fact-sheets/rotating-instrument-lab/ More on AO: https://nso.edu/telescopes/dkist/fact-sheets/dkist-adaptive-optics/

Coud茅 Lab Wide Shot: The Coud茅 Lab is a rotating physics lab at the heart of the Inouye Solar Telescope. Sunlight collected by the telescope enters the lab through the ceiling where it is directed to scientific instruments through a pathway of beamsplitters, mirrors, and windows.

Coud茅 Lab with Light: The Coud茅 Lab in action, showcasing a solar beam passing through the laboratory鈥檚 feed optics.

Inouye Solar Telescope Exterior with Sun: Inouye Solar Telescope with closed aperture near Haleakal膩 summit, Maui, HI.

Inouye Solar Telescope Exterior: Inouye Solar Telescope with closed aperture near Haleakal膩 summit, Maui, HI.

Inouye Solar Telescope with open aperture: Inouye Solar Telescope with an open aperture and blue skies near Haleakal膩 summit, Maui, HI.

Telescope with closed aperture: Inouye Solar Telescope with covered mirrors and closed aperture.

Telescope with NSO staff (center): Thomas Rimmele, Inouye Solar Telescope Associate Director (center), and Matt Mountain, President of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (right), stand in front the Inouye Solar Telescope with the back of the 13-ft primary mirror on show.

Telescope with NSO staff (left): Members of the Inouye Solar Telescope team stand before the telescope mount.

Telescope with open aperture: Open aperture view from inside of the telescope room, looking past the secondary mirror.