GOES/SXI views the Sun in X-rays (3 Channels)
The Solar X-ray Imager (SXI) aboard GOES-12 went online for full-time operation on January 22, 2003. It provides full-disk X-ray images of the Sun updated every few minutes. This movie combines three channels from the imager with red covering 0.6-2.0 nanometers wavelength, green covering 0.6-4.0 nanometers wavelength, and blue covering ~0.6-6.0 nanometers wavelength.
SXI three-channel view of the Sun. Data collected on October 21, 2001 at 00:06:44.
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The Solar X-ray Imager (SXI) aboard GOES-12 went online for full-time operation on January 22, 2003. It provides full-disk X-ray images of the Sun updated every few minutes. This movie combines three channels from the imager with red covering 0.6-2.0 nanometers wavelength, green covering 0.6-4.0 nanometers wavelength, and blue covering ~0.6-6.0 nanometers wavelength."
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
Space Environment Center, Boulder, CO. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, NASA/GSFC Scientific Visualization Studio. A special thanks to Steven Hill (NOAA)
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Animator
- Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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[GOES-12: SXI]
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Release date
This page was originally published on Thursday, January 30, 2003.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:57 PM EDT.