Sun ID: 10733

SDO First Light Media

Released on March 3, 2011

A compilation of some of the videos and stills used during the SDO First Light press conference.

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This compilation of video shows some of the first imagery and data sent back from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). Most of the imagery comes from SDO's AIA instrument, and different colors are used to represent different temperatures, a common technique for observing solar features. SDO sees the entire disk of the Sun in extremely high spacial and temporal resolution and this allows scientists to zoom in on notable events like flares, waves, and sunspots.

Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/SDO/AIA/HMI

This EVE image is showing the raw spectral irradiance data. The ridges are summed to give the actual spectrum. The top part covers wavelengths from 20 to 5 nm (left to right) and the bottom from 37 to 17 nm (left to right. The overlap between 17 and 20 nm is used to better measure that part of the spectrum. In the lower left is a pinhole camera image of the Sun in X-rays with wavelengths between 0.1-7 nm. Credit: NASA/SDO/EVE

This movie shows the solar extreme ultraviolet (EUV) spectrum measured by EVE. Every peak, called an emission line, has a story to tell, and thanks to the new capability of EVE we are ready to see 100s of stories unfold during each solar storm. EVE measures this spectrum every 10 seconds - the same amount of time that the movie scrolled the EUV spectrum across the screen. Credit: LASP/CU

This slide shows the solar X-ray monitor from the NOAA GOES satellite. These X-ray measurements are used to provide flare warnings and to classify how bright each flare is. This slide indicates that there was a C4 type flare at about 18:30 on March 27, 2010 - just hours after the EVE instrument opened its doors and started to make solar observations. Credit: NOAA SWPC

A series of movies that illustrate the power of the AIA to show regions of heating and cooling. The first movies are shown in colors from blue to red, which span temperatures from 1,000,000K to 2,600,000K. The second spans the temperatures from 2,600,000K to 10,000,000K. To convert from K to F multiply by 1.8.

Credit: NASA/GSFC/SDO/AIA

For More Information

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sdo/news/first-light.html

Credits

Walt Feimer (HTSI): Animator
Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Animator
Andrew Freeberg (NASA/GSFC): Video Editor
Scott Wiessinger (UMBC): Video Editor
Scott Wiessinger (UMBC): Producer
William D. Pesnell (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Philip Scherrer (Stanford University): Scientist
Tom Woods (University of Colorado): Scientist
Alan Title (LMSAL): Scientist

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center. However, individual items should be credited as noted above.

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Mission:
SDO

This item is part of these series:
SDO - Edited Features
SDO First Light

Goddard TV Tape:
G2010-063 -- SDO-First Light

Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Space Weather
SVS >> SDO
SVS >> Solar Dynamics Observatory
SVS >> GOES
SVS >> Heliophysics
SVS >> Press Conference
DLESE >> Narrated
NASA Science >> Sun