Here Comes The Sun: Hinode Solar Telescope Launch - Hinode Solar Optical Telescope - 1

 
 
By eweek  |  Posted 2012-05-28 Email Print this article Print
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
In September, the Solar-B, now known as the Hinode, was launched from the Uchinoura Space Center in Japan to help scientists better understand the sun's atmosphere.
 
 
 
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This is a magnified image of the suns surface taken from Hinodes Solar Optical Telescope, which is designed to enlarge views of the suns surface.

Photo: Hinode JAXA/NASA/PPARC

Here Comes The Sun: Hinode Solar Telescope Launch - Hinode Solar Optical Telescope - 1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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