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ESA High Res Picture of the Sun

Started by Hugh, May 02, 2022, 19:59:23

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Hugh

The Sun as seen by Solar Orbiter in extreme ultraviolet light from a distance of roughly 75 million kilometres. The image is a mosaic of 25 individual images taken on 7 March by the high resolution telescope of the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) instrument. Taken at a wavelength of 17 nanometers, in the extreme ultraviolet region of the electromagnetic spectrum, this image reveals the Sun's upper atmosphere, the corona, which has a temperature of around a million degrees Celsius.  In total, the final image contains more than 83 million pixels in a 9148 x 9112 pixel grid, making it the highest resolution image of the Sun's full disc and outer atmosphere, the corona, ever taken.

An image of Earth is also included for scale, at the 2 o'clock position.

(Above words off the ESA website).

When you click into the link, click into the picture of the Sun and it will take you to a smaller scale picture that you can download if you wish.

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Solar_Orbiter/Zooming_into_the_Sun_with_Solar_Orbiter

Enjoy

Hugh