Three Telescopes Worked To Create This One Amazing Image Of The Sun

Three Telescopes Worked To Create This One Amazing Image Of The Sun

Thanks to the Solar Dynamics Observatory, humanity keeps a 24/7 unceasing watch on our friendly neighbourhood star. But to get a better appreciation of what’s going on on the sun’s surface, SDO has to rope in some friends.

The image above is a composite from NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), Japan’s Hinode spacecraft, and NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. NuSTAR’s telescopes see high-energy X-Rays, shown in blue, Hinode sees low-energy X-rays as green, and the UV light is shown in yellow and red.

Added together, the views from different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum map out the sun’s energy in a unique way, with highly energetic microflares showing up in blue, while the lower-energy areas remain a darker red.

[NASA]

Picture: NASA/JPL-Caltech/GSFC/JAXA


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