Sun  ID: 2268

SOHO/MDI Views the Sun - 1998

Visualizations by Tom Bridgman Released on November 6, 2001
This version projects the solar image on a flat plane. It runs at a third of the speed of the original version.
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SOHO-MDI images the sun from April 30 to June 24, 1998.
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A few sunspots visible to SOHO-MDI.
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Slate title from video tape reads, 'SOHO/MDI Views the Sun - 1998. This version projects the solar image on a flat plane.'

For More Information

http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/20010919sunspot.html

Visualization Credits

Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Animator
Neal Hurlburt (LMSAL): Scientist
Junwei Zhao (Stanford University): Scientist
Alexander G. Kosovichev (Stanford University): Scientist
Thomas L. Duvall Jr. (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Philip Scherrer (Stanford University): Scientist
A. M. Rucklidge (University of Cambridge): Scientist
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Mission:
SOHO

Data Used:
SOHO/Michelson Doppler Interferometer (MDI)/Continuum
NASA and ESA - 1998/04/30T23:59:43.32-1998/06/24T17:59:34.17
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This item is part of this series:
SOHO/MDI Helioseismology

Keywords:
SVS >> SOHO
SVS >> Solar Rotation
DLESE >> Space science
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Sunspots
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