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PIA18139: Sole Active Region in Profile

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows the Sun's rotation bringing a new active region into view, revealing the dynamic arches and twisting streams of its magnetic field (Oct. 10-11, 2018).

Target Name:	Sol (our sun)
Mission:	SDO
Instrument:	Atmosphere Imaging Assembly
Product Size:	1668 x 1668 pixels (w x h)
Produced By:	SDO
Full-Res TIFF:	PIA18139.tif (4.272 MB)
Full-Res JPEG:	PIA18139.jpg (150.1 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

The Sun's rotation brought a new active region into view, revealing the dynamic arches and twisting streams of its magnetic field (Oct. 10-11, 2018). A new active region is becoming more of a rare sight, as the Sun is currently approaching solar minimum -- the point of the 11-year solar cycle when activity is most reduced. The video clip, showing images taken in a wavelength of extreme ultraviolet light covers 33 hours and consists of over 500 frames (i.e., one frame selected every 4 minutes).

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PIA18139_AR_profile171_big.mp4
PIA18139_AR_profile171_sm.mp4

SDO is managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Its Atmosphere Imaging Assembly was built by the Lockheed Martin Solar Astrophysics Laboratory (LMSAL), Palo Alto, California.

Image Credit:

NASA/GSFC/Solar Dynamics Observatory

Image Addition Date:

2018-10-17