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The Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) images the Sun in a set of narrow wavelengths which enables us to study motions at the solar surface and collect magnetic field information. Home Page for the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager.", "items": [ { "id": 403189, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 3696, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3696/", "page_type": "Visualization", "title": "SDO/HMI Continuum Full Disk View - March 29, 2010", "description": "This early sequence of HMI images from SDO focuses on a large sunspot group of Solar Cycle 24. || ", "release_date": "2010-04-21T14:15:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:54:16.094127-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 493324, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003600/a003696/SDOHMIFullSunB_stand.HD1080i.00010.jpg", "filename": "SDOHMIFullSunB_stand.HD1080i.00010.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "This movie is a full disk view of a large sunspot group visible shortly after HMI turned on their imagers.", "width": 1920, "height": 1080, "pixels": 2073600 } } }, { "id": 403190, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 3703, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3703/", "page_type": "Visualization", "title": "SDO/HMI Continuum Sunspot Closeup - March 29, 2010", "description": "This is a close-up view of a large sunspot group visible as the HMI instrument turned on their imagers. || ", "release_date": "2010-04-21T14:15:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:54:16.439159-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 493043, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003700/a003703/SDOHMICloseupTracking_stand.HD1080i.00010.jpg", "filename": "SDOHMICloseupTracking_stand.HD1080i.00010.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "This movie matches the resolution of the HMI imager to the 1920x1080 frame.", "width": 1920, "height": 1080, "pixels": 2073600 } } }, { "id": 403191, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 3704, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3704/", "page_type": "Visualization", "title": "SDO/HMI Continuum Sunspot Zoom-in - March 29, 2010", "description": "This is a zoom-in view of a large sunspot group visible as the HMI instrument turned on their imagers. || ", "release_date": "2010-04-21T14:15:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:54:16.524453-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 493336, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003700/a003704/SDOHMIZoomIn_stand.HD1080i.00300_print.jpg", "filename": "SDOHMIZoomIn_stand.HD1080i.00300_print.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "For this movie the final camera view matches the resolution of the HMI imager to the 1920x1080 frame. ", "width": 1920, "height": 1080, "pixels": 2073600 } } }, { "id": 403192, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 3712, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3712/", "page_type": "Visualization", "title": "SDO/HMI Continuum Full Disk View - April 7, 2010", "description": "This early sequence of HMI images from SDO focuses on a large sunspot group of Solar Cycle 24. || ", "release_date": "2010-04-21T14:15:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:54:16.821432-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 493375, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003700/a003712/SDOHMIFullSun_stand.HD720p.00001.jpg", "filename": "SDOHMIFullSun_stand.HD720p.00001.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "A full disk view of the Sun on April 7, 2010. ", "width": 1280, "height": 720, "pixels": 921600 } } } ], "extra_data": {} }, { "id": 370530, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/sdofirst-light/#media_group_370530", "widget": "Card gallery", "title": "SDO HMI Magnetograms", "caption": "", "description": "Magnetograms are constructed from multiple images, measuring the splitting of spectral lines in a magnetic field, called the Zeeman effect (Wikipedia).\n\n

The Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) images the Sun in a set of narrow wavelengths which enables us to study motions at the solar surface and collect magnetic field information. Home Page for the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager.", "items": [ { "id": 403193, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 3697, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3697/", "page_type": "Visualization", "title": "SDO/HMI Magnetogram Full Disk View - March 29, 2010", "description": "This early sequence of images from the HMI imager is processed to reveal the magnetic field structure (magnetogram). White locations represent a positive magnetic field value (north polarity) while black represents a negative magnetic field value (south polarity). Grey is zero magnetic field.The black and white region slightly above the center corresponds to a visible sunspot. 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EUVI shows the launch of the filament, while AIA reveals many finer details.This visualization is a companion piece to A Comparative View of the Sun: SDO/AIA 193 and SOHO/EIT 195. || ", "release_date": "2010-03-24T00:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:54:19.197723-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 493311, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003600/a003694/SDOAIAvSTEREOEUVI_stand.HD1080i.00001.jpg", "filename": "SDOAIAvSTEREOEUVI_stand.HD1080i.00001.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "This movie zoom-in at its closest point shows SDO data at native resolution for a 1920x1080 resolution movie ", "width": 1920, "height": 1080, "pixels": 2073600 } } } ], "extra_data": {} }, { "id": 370533, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/sdofirst-light/#media_group_370533", "widget": "Card gallery", "title": "Additional SDO Resources", "caption": "", "description": "", "items": [ { "id": 403200, "type": "link", "extra_data": null, "title": "SDO First Light on YouTube", "caption": "A collection of videos from the press conference.", "instance": { "id": 857289, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/gallery/SDOFirstLight/SDOcompare.jpg", "filename": "SDOcompare.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "A collection of videos from the press conference.", "width": 45, "height": 80, "pixels": 3600 } }, { "id": 403201, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 10610, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10610/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "SDO First Light High Resolution Stills", "description": "Stills from the AIA instrument on SDO. They show the March 30, 2010 \"First Light\" prominence eruption captured just after the AIA sensors were activated. All images are from the ultraviolet part of the spectrum, specifically the wavelengths of 304, 211, 193, and 171 Ångstroms. The stills are in multiple resolutions and are available as tiff and jpeg files. || ", "release_date": "2010-04-28T11:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:54:15.508947-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 492816, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010600/a010610/AIA_Red_Full_Disc_1920x1200_Mon_00049.jpg", "filename": "AIA_Red_Full_Disc_1920x1200_Mon_00049.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Stills of the prominence eruption from the SDO AIA 304 band in several resolutions and file types. Frame 49", "width": 1920, "height": 1200, "pixels": 2304000 } } }, { "id": 403202, "type": "details_page", "extra_data": null, "instance": { "id": 10551, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10551/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "SDO First Light Press Conference", "description": "A unique NASA spacecraft launched February 11, 2010, called the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, has started delivering images of the sun that have astonished scientists. SDO is the most advanced spacecraft ever designed to study the sun and its dynamic behavior. The spacecraft can produce images with clarity ten times better than high definition television and provide more comprehensive science data faster than any solar observing spacecraft in history. The goal of the mission is to help scientists study solar activity to improve forecasts of how the sun affects Earth.On April 21, 2010, NASA held a live press conference at the Newseum in Washington D.C. to unveil the first images and videos from SDO—SDO's First Light.A version of the press conference with captioning is available. || ", "release_date": "2010-06-10T00:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2023-05-03T13:54:12.475145-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 492520, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010500/a010551/G2010-064_SDO_First_Light_Presser_Still.jpg", "filename": "G2010-064_SDO_First_Light_Presser_Still.jpg", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "The full SDO First Light press conference in HD.For complete transcript, click here.", "width": 1280, "height": 720, "pixels": 921600 } } } ], "extra_data": {} } ] }