Suggest a name please
I was assuming 2716
as 2715 has almost gone around again
Let us observe these beautiful solar images
And the solar winds right now hitting the earth
Let me tell you about the SDO
Solar dynamic observatory
Launched February 11, 2010 we have had just EIGHT years of never before seen space imagery of the sun.
“SDO will revolutionize our view of the sun. It will reveal how solar activity affects our planet and help us anticipate what lies ahead”,
said Madhulika Guhathakurta at a Jan 21 press briefing. She is the SDO program scientist at NASA Headquarters. https://www.universetoday.com/51980/nasa-advanced-solar-observatory-nearing-february-launch-will-send-imax-like-movies-daily/
"SDO is the first of NASA's Living With a Star program probes. The sun is an invaluable source of energy and warmth for the planet, but its variability can at time cause problems. A large solar storm has the capability to knock out power lines or communications satellites, for example. The program's major goal, therefore, is to understand why the sun's energy varies and how it can affect Earth.
One instrument on board is the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly, which can record pictures of the sun in IMAX resolution. With high-definition images available in most of the 10 available wavelengths every 10 seconds, it allows scientists to watch over the corona and see any changes — no matter what temperature. The continual observations were expected to yield more information on the causes of solar flares and coronal eruptions.
The other instruments are the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager, which can track electric currents and magnetic activity in the corona, and the Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment, which monitors ultraviolet solar emissions."
