Sun  ID: 2690

GOES/SXI views the Sun in X-rays (3 Channels)

Visualizations by Tom Bridgman Released on January 30, 2003
The Solar X-ray Imager (SXI) aboard GOES-12 went online for full-time operation on January 22, 2003. It provides full-disk X-ray images of the Sun updated every few minutes. This movie combines three channels from the imager with red covering 0.6-2.0 nanometers wavelength, green covering 0.6-4.0 nanometers wavelength, and blue covering ~0.6-6.0 nanometers wavelength.
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SXI three-channel view of the Sun. Data collected on October 21, 2001 at 00:06:44.
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The Solar X-ray Imager (SXI) aboard GOES-12 went online for full-time operation on January 22, 2003. It provides full-disk X-ray images of the Sun updated every few minutes. This movie combines three channels from the imager with red covering 0.6-2.0 nanometers wavelength, green covering 0.6-4.0 nanometers wavelength, and blue covering ~0.6-6.0 nanometers wavelength."

Visualization Credits

Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Animator
Please give credit for this item to:
Space Environment Center, Boulder, CO. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, NASA/GSFC Scientific Visualization Studio. A special thanks to Steven Hill (NOAA)

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Mission:
GOES-M

Data Used:
GOES-12/SXI
NOAA - October 21-22, 2001
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This item is part of this series:
GOES/SXI Goes Online

Keywords:
DLESE >> Space science
SVS >> X-ray
SVS >> GOES
NASA Science >> Sun