First results from the SO/PHI instrument on Solar Orbiter
Abstract
The ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter mission, launched in February 2020, has just completed its cruise phase. During its nominal mission, it will explore the Sun and heliosphere from close up and from out of the ecliptic plane. It aims to address the overarching questions of how the Sun creates and controls the heliosphere, and why solar activity changes with time. Among the instruments onboard Solar Orbiter is the Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager (SO/PHI), which is the first magnetograph to leave the Sun-Earth line and to observe the Sun from different directions. Already during the cruise phase of Solar Orbiter, SO/PHI has provided a few glimpses of its capabilities, including the excellent quality of the data. In spite of the very limited amount of data gathered during cruise, a few interesting results have already been obtained. A selection of such results will be presented.
- Publication:
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EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- May 2022
- DOI:
- 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-4327
- Bibcode:
- 2022EGUGA..24.4327S