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Comparison of the solar disc in ultraviolet and millimetre wavelength light

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Full disk of the Sun
ALMA observes the Sun
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This comparison shows an image of the solar disc at ultraviolet wavelengths from the NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory (left), along with recent observations by ALMA at millimetre wavelengths (right).

Credit

NASA/SDO, ALMA

About the Image Comparison

Id:eso1703e
Release date:17 January 2017, 15:00
Related releases:eso1703

Images

Full disk of the Sun
Full disk of the Sun
ALMA observes the Sun
ALMA observes the Sun