SOHO/MDI's 'Window' Through the Sun
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Using the mathematical techniques, the SOHO/MDI view of the front side of the Sun can be processed to reveal features on the far side of the Sun.
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Frontside view of Sun, opening up to reveal farside imaging possible with MDI
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Earth-side view of the Sun.
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We split the Sun open, showing Earthside and farside hemispheres.
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Two large sunspot groups move across the solar disk.
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Two weeks later, we see their form (highly distorted) in the seismic image of the farside.
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Another two weeks pass and we see the spot-groups in view again, much smaller than in the previous rotation.
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