Observing heliospheric neutral atoms at 1 AU

Although in situ observations of distant heliospheric plasma by the Voyagers has proven to be extremely enlightening, such point observations need to be complemented with global measurements taken remotely to obtain a complete picture of the heliosphere and local interstellar environment. Neutral atoms, with their contempt for magnetic fields, provide useful probes of the plasma that generated them. However, there will be a number of ambiguities in neutral atom readings that require a deeper understanding of the plasma processes generating neutral atoms, as well as the loss mechanisms on their flight to the observation point. We introduce a procedure for generating all‐sky maps of energetic H‐atoms, calculated directly in our Monte‐Carlo neutral atom code. Results obtained for a self‐consistent axisymmetric MHD‐Boltzmann calculation, as well as several non‐selfconsistent 3D sky maps, will be presented.