Twelve Days of AR12192 from SDO and GOES

  • Released Wednesday, February 11, 2015
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SDO 131 angstrom visual with overlaid plot of GOES X-ray flux during the time span.

The large active region AR12192 is carried across the solar disk by the Sun's rotation. The region erupted with a large number of M and an X-class flares.

Flare classification is defined by the measured X-ray flux from a detector on the GOES satellites (see Classifying Solar Eruptions).

This visualization was the result of some experiments to present both the SDO imagery and GOES X-ray flux as part of a single movie.

SDO 131 angstrom visual with overlaid window plot of GOES X-ray flux during the time span.

4Kx4K SDO Quick-Look imagery at 5 minute cadence using the 131 angstrom filter and standard color table.

Full plot of GOES X-ray flux.

Scrolling window plot of GOES X-ray flux

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NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio, the SDO Science Team, and the Virtual Solar Observatory.

This page was originally published on Wednesday, February 11, 2015.
This page was last updated on Sunday, February 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM EST.

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