Sun ID: 2656

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Visualizations by Tom Bridgman Released on January 2, 2003

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

Visualization Credits

Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Animator
William R. Ochs (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Robert F. Cahalan (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Gary Rottman (University of Colorado/LASP): Scientist

Please give credit for this item 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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Mission:
Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE)

Data Used:

PSPT/CaIIK camera

2002-04-27T18:03:48.864Z

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SORCE

The SORCE mission (launched January 23, 2003) will study the variability of the Sun and its impact on the Earth"s Climate.

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This item is part of this series:
SORCE Prelaunch

Keywords:
SVS >> Faculae
DLESE >> Space science
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Sunspots
NASA Science >> Sun

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0