Sun  ID: 20062

STEREO Watches the Active Sun

Animations by Walt Feimer Released on April 26, 2005
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The Sun belches out gas at thousands of kilometers per second as the STEREO A spacecraft looks on.
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The Sun belches out gas at thousands of kilometers per second as the STEREO A spacecraft looks on.
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The loop of a CME heads right at a STEREO satellite.
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STEREO A, Earth, Sun and STEREO B (in the distance). Note this is NOT TO SCALE.

Animation Credits

Walt Feimer (HTSI): Lead Animator
Therese Kucera (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

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Mission:
STEREO

Data Used:
STEREO
The STEREO mission consists of two Sun-observing spacecraft that will travel around the Sun on orbits slightly inside and slightly outside Earth's orbit.
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This item is part of this series:
STEREO Pre-launch

Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
DLESE >> Space science
NASA Science >> Sun