LUCI (Lagrange eUv Coronal Imager) is a solar imager in the Extreme
UltraViolet (EUV) that is being developed as part of the Lagrange mission, a
mission designed to be positioned at the L5 Lagrangian point to monitor space
weather from its source on the Sun, through the heliosphere, to the Earth. LUCI
will use an off-axis two mirror design equipped with an EUV enhanced active
pixel sensor. This type of detector has advantages that promise to be very
beneficial for monitoring the source of space weather in the EUV. LUCI will
also have a novel off-axis wide field-of-view, designed to observe the solar
disk, the lower corona, and the extended solar atmosphere close to the
Sun-Earth line. LUCI will provide solar coronal images at a 2-3 minute cadence
in a pass-band centred on 19.5 nm. Observations made through this pass-band
allow for the detection and monitoring of semi-static coronal structures such
as coronal holes, prominences, and active regions; as well as transient
phenomena such as solar flares, limb Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs), EUV waves,
and coronal dimmings. The LUCI data will complement EUV solar observations
provided by instruments located along the Sun-Earth line such as PROBA2-SWAP,
SUVI-GOES and SDO-AIA, as well as provide unique observations to improve space
weather forecasts. Together with a suite of other remote-sensing and in-situ
instruments onboard Lagrange, LUCI will provide science quality operational
observations for space weather monitoring
