Jul
31
Proba-2 Shows Solar Eruption That Touched Earth [HD]
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The flare seen here took place at 11:54 CET on Saturday 3 April and recorded by ESA’s Proba-2. Significantly, this eruption was lined up with Earth as it erupted, sending a vast number of charged particles hurtling towards us, reaching Earth the following Monday, 5 April. Observing in extreme ultraviolet, Proba-2 acquired an image of the event every 100 seconds. Measuring only a cubic metre, Proba-2 is crammed with technology demonstrations but also carries science payloads: its SWAP (Sun Watcher using APS detectors and imaging processing) instrument is only the size of a large shoebox, but gathers images much more frequently than SOHOs equivalent sensor. credits: ESA and Observatory of Belgium source: www.esa.int
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July 31st, 2010 at 1:11 am
Awesome