Sun  ID: 4491

The X8.2 Flare of September 2017, as Seen by SDO

Visualizations by Tom Bridgman Released on May 1, 2019
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40 hours of AIA 131 angstrom imager at 12 second cadence viewing the time around the X8.2 solar flare.
Between September 9-10 of 2017, the Sun launched a series of three coronal mass ejections (CMEs), culminating with an X8.2 flare from the eastern limb, as the active region was rotating away from the Earth. These events rippled across the solar system, and were detected by multiple NASA missions.

A slow (500 km/s) CME was launched at 23:46UT on September 9. A second faster CME (1000km/s) was launched on September 10 at 02:16UT and the fastest CME (2600 km/s) was launched at 16:54 UT. The faster CMEs would eventually catch up with the slower CME and merge into a single CME moving through the solar system.

These image sequences from SDO are selected at a higher time resolution (12 seconds between frames) compared to some of the older content related to these events.
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40 hours of AIA 171 angstrom imager at 12 second cadence viewing the time around the X8.2 solar flare..
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40 hours of AIA 304 angstrom imager at 12 second cadence viewing the time around the X8.2 solar flare.
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40 hours of AIA 131 angstrom imager (4Kx4K) at 12 second cadence viewing the time around the X8.2 solar flare.
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40 hours of AIA 171 angstrom imager (4Kx4K) at 12 second cadence viewing the time around the X8.2 solar flare.
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40 hours of AIA 304 angstrom imager (4Kx4K) at 12 second cadence viewing the time around the X8.2 solar flare.
 

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A Powerful Sequence of Flares Start September 2017

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The CME Heard 'Round the Solar System

Visualization Credits

Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Visualizer
Laurence Schuler (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Technical Support
Ian Jones (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Technical Support
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Mission:
SDO

Data Used:
SDO/AIA/304 Filter also referred to as: AIA 304
JOINT SCIENCE OPERATIONS CENTER - 2018-09-09T18:00 - 2018-09-11T10:00
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SDO/AIA/171 Filter also referred to as: AIA 171
JOINT SCIENCE OPERATIONS CENTER - 2018-09-09T18:00 - 2018-09-11T10:00
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SDO/AIA/131 Filter also referred to as: AIA 131
JOINT SCIENCE OPERATIONS CENTER - 2018-09-09T18:00 - 2018-09-11T10:00
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This item is part of this series:
Studies of the September 2017 Flares and CMEs

Keywords:
SVS >> Solar Wind
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Solar Flares
SVS >> Space Weather
SVS >> Hyperwall
SVS >> SDO
SVS >> Solar Dynamics Observatory
SVS >> Heliophysics
SVS >> Ultraviolet Imagery
SVS >> Corona
NASA Science >> Sun
SVS >> Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging
SVS >> EUV Imaging

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0