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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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Apr 13 2010, 04:30 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
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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Apr 13 2010, 04:59 PM
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Apr 13 2010, 05:43 PM
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Apr 13 2010, 08:44 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 89 Joined: 27-August 05 From: Eccentric Mars orbit Member No.: 477 |
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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Apr 13 2010, 10:03 PM
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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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Apr 13 2010, 10:47 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 107 Joined: 29-January 09 Member No.: 4589 |
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) -------------------- Protein structures and Mars fun - http://www.flickr.com/photos/nick960/
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Apr 13 2010, 11:27 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1598 Joined: 14-October 05 From: Vermont Member No.: 530 |
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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Apr 14 2010, 01:00 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2173 Joined: 28-December 04 From: Florida, USA Member No.: 132 |
(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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Apr 14 2010, 01:12 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8789 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
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! -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Apr 14 2010, 05:25 AM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
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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Apr 14 2010, 06:51 AM
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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. 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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Apr 14 2010, 09:57 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1621 Joined: 12-February 06 From: Bergerac - FR Member No.: 678 |
Some pics taken by french amateur here
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 -------------------- |
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Apr 14 2010, 03:59 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
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