2023-12-29 12:39:06
Images of the solar disk from the Indian Aditya L1 mission – ISRO
MADRID, 29 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Indian space observatory Aditya-L1’s SUIT ultraviolet light instrument has captured the first full-disk images of the Sun at wavelength of 200-400 nm.
SUIT (Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope) captures images of the Sun’s photosphere and chromosphere in this wavelength range using various scientific filters.
On November 20, 2023, the SUIT payload was powered on. Following a successful pre-commissioning phase, the telescope captured its first scientific images on December 6, 2023. These unprecedented imagestaken using eleven different filters, include the first full-disk representations of the Sun at wavelengths ranging from 200 to 400 nm, excluding Ca II h, which have already been studied from other observatories.
Among the notable features revealed are sunspots, bright patches, and quiet regions of the Sun, giving scientists pioneering insights into the intricate details of the Sun’s photosphere and chromosphere.
SUIT observations will help scientists study the dynamic coupling of the magnetized solar atmosphere and will help them impose strict restrictions on the effects of solar radiation on the Earth’s climate, reports the Indian space agency (ISRO), it’s a statement.
India launched this mission September 2 and 125 days later it was located 1.5 million kilometers from Earth at the so-called Lagrange point L1, one of the places of balance between the gravitational forces between the Sun and the Earth.
The Aditya-L1 probe carries seven different measuring devices: three of them to study sunlight and another four to measure plasma and magnetic fields.
The most important is the Visible Emission Line Coronagraph, which will send some 1,440 images daily for subsequent study and analysis on the ground.
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