BOOK OF ABSTRACTS AND CONTRIBUTED PAPERS: International scientific conference Meeting on Operational and Research Capabilities for Better Understanding Solar-Terrestrial Interactions ,
Pages: 21-22 ,
https://doi.org/10.69646/aob250903
International scientific conference Meeting on Operational and Research Capabilities for Better Understanding Solar-Terrestrial Interactions
Published by: Scientific Society Isaac Newton

In this talk, we summarize the space weather related studies based in Türkiye, mostly at Istanbul University and Türkiye National Observatories. Daily sunspot and chromospheric narrow-band observations in H_alpha have been carried out continuously since 1951 at Istanbul University Observatory. These observations are conducted with two telescopes focused on the photosphere and chromosphere. Sunspots are monitored daily using a 13 cm, 200 cm focal length Photosphere Telescope (50′ FOV), while flares and prominences are observed with a 12 cm, 232 cm focal length Chromosphere Telescope. In addition to these efforts in 2024 we built the Mirya -m1 muon detector, which consists of two 1m² scintillators readout by eight photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) located on each side of the scintillators following a very similar design to muon impact tracer and observer (MITO, Ayuso et al. 2021). The Miyra-m1 detector is located in the Türkiye National Observatories’ Eastern Anatolia Observatory site at an altitude of roughly 3150 metres in Erzurum, Turkiye. We also acquired and installed an e-callisto radio spectrometer to monitor radio bursts. At the moment, a smaller cosmic ray detect or has also been installed as a part of the gLOWCOST network. Finally, we are establishing a neutron monitor system based on three NM64 systems, from LND. We are hoping that by the time of the meeting the monitors will be shipped to Türkiye and by the end of 2025 Türkiye will be an active contributor to the Neutron Monitor Database.