Solar Dynamics Observatory countdown
A 10-second countdown using SDO imagery of the sun. The instruments and wavelengths are as follow:
10-HMI Magnetogram; 9-AIA 4500; 8-AIA 094; 7-HMI Dopplergram; 6-AIA 171; 5-AIA 171-211-304; 4-AIA 171-211-304; 3-AIA 304; 2-AIA 304; 1-AIA 304
The last 5 seconds of countdown show the large prominence eruption that occured March 30, 2010, just after SDO's sensors were turned on.
Ten-second countdown video
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
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Animator
- Scott Wiessinger (UMBC)
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Video editor
- Scott Wiessinger (UMBC)
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Producer
- Scott Wiessinger (UMBC)
Missions
This page is related to the following missions:Datasets used
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SDO Magnetogram (Magnetogram) [SDO: HMI]
ID: 675 -
SDO Dopplergram (Dopplergram) [SDO: HMI]
ID: 676 -
AIA 304 (304 Filter) [SDO: AIA]
ID: 677This dataset can be found at: http://jsoc.stanford.edu/
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AIA 211 (211 Filter) [SDO: AIA]
ID: 678This dataset can be found at: http://jsoc.stanford.edu/
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AIA 171 (171 Filter) [SDO: AIA]
ID: 680This dataset can be found at: http://jsoc.stanford.edu/
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Note: While we identify the data sets used on this page, we do not store any further details, nor the data sets themselves on our site.
Release date
This page was originally published on Wednesday, December 15, 2010.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:53 PM EDT.