Sunspot image in the Stokes parameters
Images in the Stokes parameters I, V, U, and Q in an isolated sunspot that was located near the center of the solar disk. The four images shown are each approximately 1.0 x 1.7 arc minutes in size. Each image is a slice of a data cube at a wavelength corresponding to the Zeeman splitting from a field of 1430 gauss. The maximum field observed in this sunspot was 1970 gauss. See the article in the NOAO September 2000 newsletter.
Credit:Don Jennings (GSFC), NSO/AURA/NSF
About the Image
Id: | noao-03308 |
Type: | Collage |
Release date: | June 30, 2020, 9:53 p.m. |
Size: | 500 x 338 px |
About the Object
Name: | Sunspot |
Category: | Solar System |