First solar images from NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite

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From NASA/GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER The first images from the Solar Ultraviolet Imager or SUVI instrument aboard NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite have been successful, capturing a large coronal hole on Jan. 29, 2017. The sun’s 11-year activity cycle is currently approaching solar minimum, and during this time powerful solar flares become scarce and coronal holes become the […]

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March 1, 2017 at 09:05AM