Solar Dynamics Observatory countdown
A 10-second countdown using SDO imagery of the sun. The instruments and wavelengths are as follow:
10-HMI Magnetogram; 9-AIA 4500; 8-AIA 094; 7-HMI Dopplergram; 6-AIA 171; 5-AIA 171-211-304; 4-AIA 171-211-304; 3-AIA 304; 2-AIA 304; 1-AIA 304
The last 5 seconds of countdown show the large prominence eruption that occured March 30, 2010, just after SDO's sensors were turned on.
Ten-second countdown video
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
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Animator
- Scott Wiessinger (UMBC)
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Video editor
- Scott Wiessinger (UMBC)
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Producer
- Scott Wiessinger (UMBC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Wednesday, December 15, 2010.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:53 PM EDT.
Missions
This visualization is related to the following missions:Datasets used in this visualization
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SDO Magnetogram (Magnetogram) [SDO: HMI]
ID: 675 -
SDO Dopplergram (Dopplergram) [SDO: HMI]
ID: 676 -
AIA 304 (304 Filter) [SDO: AIA]
ID: 677This dataset can be found at: http://jsoc.stanford.edu/
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AIA 211 (211 Filter) [SDO: AIA]
ID: 678This dataset can be found at: http://jsoc.stanford.edu/
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AIA 171 (171 Filter) [SDO: AIA]
ID: 680This dataset can be found at: http://jsoc.stanford.edu/
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