"Solar Observatory» NASA has sent 100 millionth image

Solar Dynamics Observatory began its work on the interior of the sun back in 2010. Then the agency NASA reported that scientists impose very high hopes for the station. Five years later, it's safe to say that all hopes were realized with a vengeance.

The other day, the station sent to Earth 100 millionth picture of our star. The image was acquired on 19 January. Tool with which obtained a picture, Atmospheric Imaging Assembly, very хорошо described , this "four telescopes working in parallel for 8 images of the sun in a different wavelength range. Get a picture every 12 seconds. "

Every day Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) generates about 1, 5 terabytes of data, and half of the data supplied Atmospheric Imaging Assembly. This is about 57,600 images every day.

100 millionnnoe image is impressive, like the rest of the pictures. This image shows the waves in the solar atmosphere. "Solar Observatory" is helping scientists understand how the activity of the Sun, as well as to identify the causes of such changes. Studying the Sun continues!



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