Systematic Evaluation of Thermal Seeing in AIMS Telescope: From Primary Mirror to Coude Path
The Accurate Infrared Magnetic Field Measurement of the Sun (AIMS) telescope is a 1-meter off-axis Gregorian solar telescope designed for mid-infrared (12.3 μm) spectro-polarimetric observations. This paper presents a systematic, quantitative evaluation of three distinct thermal seeing sources in AIMS using a unified...