As Seen by SDO: The Carrington-Class CME of 2012
While SDO did not have a direct view of the region which launched the large coronal mass ejection (CME) of July 23, 2012, it still managed to catch a glimpse of the solar plasma as it launched into space.
The eruption becomes visible at timestamp 02:14:24 UTC in the lower right side of the movies below.
A view of the July 23, 2012 CME from AIA in the 131 angstrom filter.
A view of the July 23, 2012 CME from AIA in the 171 angstrom filter.
A view of the July 23, 2012 CME from AIA in the 211 angstrom filter.
A view of the July 23, 2012 CME from AIA in the 304 angstrom filter.
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Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio, the SDO Science Team, and the Virtual Solar Observatory.
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Animator
- Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Producer
- Scott Wiessinger (USRA)
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Scientist
- Joe Gurman (NASA/GSFC)
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Project support
- Laurence Schuler (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
- Ian Jones (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
Missions
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AIA 304 (304 Filter) [SDO: AIA]
ID: 677This dataset can be found at: http://jsoc.stanford.edu/
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AIA 193 (193 Filter) [SDO: AIA]
ID: 679This 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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AIA 131 (131 Filter) [SDO: AIA]
ID: 730This dataset can be found at: http://jsoc.stanford.edu/
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Release date
This page was originally published on Wednesday, July 23, 2014.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:50 PM EDT.