August 2010 - The Sun Today with Dr. C. Alex Young

August 29, 2010

Filament/Prominence Partial Eruption Captured by STEREO Ahead

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Solar Observations

Filament/Prominence Partial Eruption Captured by STEREO Ahead

On August 24th and 25th, the STEREO Ahead spacecraft observed an enormous filament on the southeastern edge of sun expand into a huge prominence. The images were recorded with the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUVI) in the 304 Angstrom wavelength. The […]

August 8, 2010

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The Sun 2 Weeks With SDO/AIA (July 25 – August 7, 2010)

Here is a 2-week view of the sun as observed by the AIA (Atmospheric Imaging Assembly) instrument aboard the SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory) spacecraft. This video contains 4 wavelength channels 304, 171, 193 & 211. First, all four wavelengths are […]

August 4, 2010

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THEMIS All-Sky White-light Auroral Camera from August 4, 2010

On Feb. 16, 2006 the NASA-led THEMIS (Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions During Substorms) mission was launched. This fleet of 5 spacecraft was tasked with understanding substorms in the magnetosphere, the power source of the aurora and consequence […]

August 3, 2010

One of the 2 Filament Eruptions Observed by SDO in 304 Angstroms

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Complex Solar Flare and Filament Eruption Event

On August 1, 2010, the sun produced a complex event, or really a set of events. At approximately 8:55 UT a large filament on the northwest of the sun erupted and at nearly the same time in sunspot active region 11902, […]