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Zoom-out from the Sun

A close-up view of a sunspot group with faculae and pull-out to show the entire Sun.

Movie pulling-out from close view of a sunspot group.    Movie pulling-out from close view of a sunspot group.
Duration: 60.0 seconds
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Close-up on the sunspot group.    Close-up on the sunspot group.

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Full view of the solar disk.    Full view of the solar disk.

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Animation Number:2656
Animator:Tom Bridgman (Lead)
Studio:SVS
Completed:2003-01-02
Scientists:William R. Ochs (NASA/GSFC)
 Robert F. Cahalan (NASA/GSFC)
 Gary Rottman (University of Colorado/LASP)
Instruments:PSPT/CaIIK camera
 SORCE
Data Collected:2002-04-27T18:03:48.864Z
Series:SORCE Prelaunch
Video:SVS2002-0017 *
Keywords:
SVS >> Faculae
DLESE >> Space science
SVS >> Sun
GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Sunspots
 
 
Please give credit for this visualization to
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio. Source data courtesy of HAO and NSO PSPT project team. HAO is a division of the National Center for Atmospheric Research which is supported by the National Science Foundation.Special thanks to Vanessa George (University of Colorado/LASP) and Randy Meisner(Michigan State University)


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