Zoom Out From the Sun

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio. Source data courtesy of HAO & NSO PSPT project team. HAO is a division of the National Center for Atmospheric Research which is supported by the National Science Foundation.

The Solar 'Constant' - Faculae vs. Sunspots

Zoom-out from the Sun

Three views of the Sun showing different levels of solar activity. The color table has been altered to enhance the appearance of the faculae (white regions) which are hotter than sunspots (red-black regions) and whose greater total area contribute to increasing the solar flux reaching the Earth.

A close-up view of a sunspot group with faculae and pull-out to show the entire Sun.

Full view of the solar disk.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    PSPT/CaIIK Camera

  • Animation ID

    2656

  • Video ID

    SVS2002-0017

  • Start Timecode

    01:10:30:00

  • End Timecode

    01:10:51:24

  • Animator

    Tom Bridgman

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    2003/01/02

  • Scientist

    William R. Ochs (NASA/GSFC), Robert F. Cahalan (NASA/GSFC), Gary Rottman (University of Colorado/LASP)

  • Keywords

    Sun, Faculae, Sunspots

  • DLESE Subject

    Space science

  • Data Date

    2002-04-27T18:03:48.864Z

  • Animation Type

    Regular

  • Other Credits

    Special thanks to Vanessa George (University of Colorado/LASP) and Randy Meisner (Michigan State University)