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   ocr: GENERALI INFORMATION INSTRUMENT NAME: CDS - Coronal Diagnostics Laboratory RESEARCH TARGEU: Double spectrometer operating in the ex- treme UV-region - OPERATED BY: Rutherford Appleton Laboratory COUNTRIES INVOLVED: UK, (USA, Norway, Germany) BUDGET: 24 MECU Manufacturing) 540,000 ECU (Research) CDS studies the spectral emission lines from ionised stages of elements in the Sun's atmosphere allowing the derivation of diagnostic information of the plasmas. lt maps the density, temperature and flow speed patterns and determines what the plasmas are made of. This can be done with a resolution of 14 ...