Sunspots 2003

Video of sunspots on the sun as seen from SOHO (MDI Continuum) January 1st 2003 December 31st 2003.

I Needed something to remind me what sunspots looked like, as we are still in the minimum between solar cycle 23 and 24!




I downloaded over 1500 gifs to create the video using the highest resolution option.
Picture and transition duration was .250 seconds

About the SOHO Mission




SOHO, the Solar & Heliospheric Observatory, is a project of international collaboration between ESA and NASA to study the Sun from its deep core to the outer corona and the solar wind.
SOHO was launched on December 2, 1995. The SOHO spacecraft was built in Europe by an industry team led by prime contractor Matra Marconi Space (now EADS Astrium) under overall management by ESA. The twelve instruments on board SOHO were provided by European and American scientists. Nine of the international instrument consortia are led by European Principal Investigators (PI's), three by PI's from the US. Large engineering teams and more than 200 co-investigators from many institutions supported the PI's in the development of the instruments and in the preparation of their operations and data analysis. NASA was responsible for the launch and is now responsible for mission operations. Large radio dishes around the world which form NASA's Deep Space Network are used for data downlink and commanding. Mission control is based at Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland.
Other web pages for those interested:
solarcycle24
spaceweather.com
Space Weather Resources
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center

Music:
Gustaf Holtz (1874--1934)
Jupiter: The Bringer of Jollity

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