SOHO

The SOlar and Heliospheric Observatory is the largest and most comprehensive solar observatory ever put into space. It was launched in December 1995.



Solar quake Solar quakes !! (192 Kb)

Convection flows Plasma flows beneath the Sun's surface (75 Kb)

EIT time series Cool Plasma Clouds in the Solar Atmosphere (99 Kb)

CME eruption The Sun's Atmosphere blasts out into space! (188 Kb)

composite image of the corona The Sun's atmosphere as it streams outwards. (475 Kb)

Shock wave across the sun Solar shock waves! (133 Kb)

Large prominence Looking at the cooler parts of the Sun's atmosphere. (100 Kb)

Twisted structure extending out from the sun Watch out! A Solar Twister!! (61 Kb)

Erupting plasma cloud I (124 Kb)

Large cloud in the solar atmosphere Erupting plasma cloud II (120 Kb)

Rotation rate of the sun How does the Sun rotate? (68 Kb)

Loops on the sun Magnetic Arches I (36 Kb)

More loops on the sun Magnetic Arches II (133 Kb)

The bubbling sun The Bubbling Sun (39 Kb)


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