18 March 2024 - Mission Day: 10335 - DOY: 078
Pick of The Week
 
 

Season Greetings from SOHO! (December 17, 2002)

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  • Without any manipulation or changes whatsoever just about all of the sunspots on the Sun seemed to arrange themselves into a somewhat puzzled-looking face. So, we decided to take this opportunity to make the most of it and wish everyone a happy holiday season. Thanks to all for their continued interest in the SOHO mission and the Weekly Pick. The image was taken by the MDI instrument. Sunspots are the visible tracers of magnetically active regions. They are somewhat cooler than the rest of the Sun's surface so they appear darker.

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    SOHO began its Weekly Pick some time after sending a weekly image or video clip to the American Museum of Natural History (Rose Center) in New York City. There, the SOHO Weekly Pick is displayed with some annotations on a large plasma display.

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