Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Solar Magnetic Bananas
Explanation:
Is that our Sun [ http://www.seds.org…]? The unusual banana [ http://www.dole5ada…]-shaped loops shown above [ http://science.msfc…] are actually part of a computer-generated snap-shot of our Sun's magnetic field [ http://vestige.lmsa…]. This animated frame [ http://science.msfc…] was constructed using data from the ground-based U.S. Solar Vector Magnetograph [ http://wwwssl.msfc.…] and the space-based Japanese X-Ray Telescope Yohkoh [ http://solar.physic…]. Surfaces of constant magnetic field [ http://www-spof.gsf…] strength loop through the Sun's corona [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…], break through the Sun's surface, and connect regions of magnetic activity such as sunspots [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Recently, contact has been interrupted [ http://sohowww.nasc…] with the Sun-watching SOHO [ http://sohowww.nasc…] satellite. Although SOHO had completed its two year mission, attempts are still being made to re-establish communication.
Credit and Copyright:
A. Gary et al. (NASA/MSFC [ http://www.msfc.nas…]), NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/]
keyword:
Sun
keyword:
magnetic field
facet_where:
Montana
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
SOHO
facet_what:
TRACE
facet_what:
Yohkoh
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap980629

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