Sun ID: 12105

Two Weeks in the Life of a Sunspot

Released on August 4, 2017

On July 5, 2017, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory watched AR26665, an active region — an area of intense and complex magnetic fields — rotate into view on the sun. The satellite continued to track the region as it grew and eventually rotated across the sun and out of view on July 17.

GIF of CME released by AR26665 after it completed a trip across the face of the sun. This view is from NASA's STEREO mission, and was observed on the far side of the sun on July 23, 2017. GIF Credit:

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/STEREO/Bill Thompson

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Genna Duberstein (USRA): Lead Producer
Genna Duberstein (USRA): Editor
Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Data Visualizer
Karen Fox (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Writer
Kathalina Tran (KBRwyle): Writer

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Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Solar Flares
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Sunspots
SVS >> Space Weather
SVS >> SDO
SVS >> Solar Dynamics Observatory
SVS >> Heliophysics
SVS >> Corona
NASA Science >> Sun

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0