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Hinode’s solar data ready for Europe’s access

30 May 2007

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This spectacular movie of the Sun was obtained by the XRT X-ray telescope on board the Hinode mission between January and April 2007. It shows the medium-term evolution of the dynamic corona of the Sun. The corona is a portion of the solar atmosphere that extends for million kilometres into space and is hotter than the Sun’s surface itself.

Credits: JAXA/NAOJ

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Emergence of an active region on the solar surface

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This sequence of images was obtained by the XRT X-ray telescope on board Hinode on 10 March 2007. It shows the emergence of an active region on the solar surface.

Credits: JAXA/NAOJ

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This movie, obtained by the XRT X-ray telescope on board Hinode on 16 March 2007, shows X-ray-bright spots on the solar surface.

The high resolution of the XRT instrument helped scientists see that these X-ray-bright points – widely distributed also in ‘quiet’ regions - are actually ‘loop’ structures demonstrating intense activity.

Credits: JAXA/NAOJ

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