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post Apr 13 2010, 04:15 PM
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Visible in the C3 images now

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov//data/REPRO...342_c3_1024.jpg

Unfortunatey, it looks like SOHO missed most of the event.
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post Apr 13 2010, 04:30 PM
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I wasn't sure what I was going to write about today; that'll do nicely! Thanks for keeping an eye on the Sun for the rest of us, Sunspot! I would love to see SDO images of this; I don't yet have a good sense for what SDO will be showing us.


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post Apr 13 2010, 04:59 PM
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Im soooo hoping SDO caught this... can you imagine it not in a 1024x1024 pixel image like SOHO but one at 4096x4096 and images every 10 seconds

Made a animated GIF from the C2 images
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post Apr 13 2010, 05:43 PM
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And from C3
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post Apr 13 2010, 08:44 PM
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SDO started a calibration maneuver at 8:00UTC during this event, in which it turned away from the Sun. During the maneuver it would have briefly glanced at the Sun again. This was after the EIT image mentioned above, but before the coronagraph images. I can't say anything about whether AIA was taking pictures before 8:00, just what the spacecraft as a whole was doing. If they were taking pictures before this maneuver or during the part where the spacecraft glanced back, they should have something (additional) awesome to show at the first light press conference.
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post Apr 13 2010, 10:03 PM
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QUOTE (kwan3217 @ Apr 13 2010, 09:44 PM) *
SDO started a calibration maneuver at 8:00UTC during this event, in which it turned away from the Sun.


ohh never mind.
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post Apr 13 2010, 10:39 PM
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It's not like this is the last flare expected to occur during SDO's lifetime. There will be dozens, hundreds, thousands over the next decade.
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post Apr 13 2010, 10:47 PM
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Direct link for the LASCO C2 movie of the recent mass ejection

http://soho.esac.esa.int/data/LATEST/current_c2.mpg

(interesting to see something apparently flying splat into the Sun on 10 Apr - I assume this has been discussed elsewhere)


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post Apr 13 2010, 11:27 PM
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QUOTE (NickF @ Apr 13 2010, 06:47 PM) *


Word is the SDO press conference on the 21st will have video of at least one prominence, but it's not necessarily either seen here. As Doug said, there will be lots to see over the years.
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post Apr 14 2010, 01:00 AM
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QUOTE (NickF @ Apr 13 2010, 05:47 PM) *
(interesting to see something apparently flying splat into the Sun on 10 Apr - I assume this has been discussed elsewhere)

Comet Eaten By the Sun As Spacecraft Watches

Not so rare an event it seems. From 2006: Comet Plunges into the Sun
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post Apr 14 2010, 01:12 AM
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No, not at all. IIRC, SOHO's picked up more than 1700 Sun-grazing comets, many of which actually impacted the Sun.

Relatively bright ones like this are uncommon, though, and definitely very cool! smile.gif


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post Apr 14 2010, 05:25 AM
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All this activity is really making me want to buy a solar telescope... Had a look through a few, and seeing prominences in an eyepiece is absolutely amazing. I think that once SDO starts releasing images, and video, of the Sun "in action" demand for solar telescopes is going to go through the roof...

I feel some overtime coming on...


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post Apr 14 2010, 06:51 AM
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QUOTE (djellison @ Apr 13 2010, 11:39 PM) *
It's not like this is the last flare expected to occur during SDO's lifetime. There will be dozens, hundreds, thousands over the next decade.


Yes, but the Sun has been blank and lifeless for about 700 days over the last few years, this is like Christmas coming.
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post Apr 14 2010, 09:57 AM
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Some pics taken by french amateur here smile.gif
http://www.astrosurf.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/025003.html
http://www.astrosurf.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/025001.html
http://www.astrosurf.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/024994.html
http://www.astrosurf.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/024998.html
http://www.astrosurf.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/024995.html

Pretty amazing smile.gif


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post Apr 14 2010, 03:59 PM
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QUOTE (Ant103 @ Apr 14 2010, 01:57 AM) *
Some pics taken by french amateur here smile.gif


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