Hinode Captures Images of Solar Active Region
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Channel: NASA Video · 2013 · Science & Technology
In these images, Hinode's Solar Optical Telescope (SOT) zoomed in on AR 11263 on August 4, 2011, five days before the active region produced the largest flare of this cycle, an X6.9. We show images from August 4th, because AR 11263 was close to the edge of the Sun and not easily visible to Hinode on August 9th when the flare occurred.
