{"id":3637,"date":"2013-07-26T06:04:06","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T06:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3637"},"modified":"2013-07-26T06:04:06","modified_gmt":"2013-07-26T06:04:06","slug":"new-iris-space-telescope-sees-fine-details-of-suns-atmosphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3637","title":{"rendered":"New IRIS space telescope sees fine details of sun’s atmosphere"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASA releases images of the suns atmosphere (in particular the\u00a0the interface between the photosphere and corona) from the newly launched Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) <\/a>observatory: NASA’s IRIS Telescope Offers First Glimpse of Sun’s Mysterious Atmosphere –\u00a0 NASA<\/a><\/p>\n

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These two images show a section of the sun as seen by NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS, on the right and NASA’s SDO on the left. The IRIS image provides scientists with unprecedented detail of the lowest parts of the sun’s atmosphere, known as the interface region.<\/em>
\nImage Credit:\u00a0 NASA\/SDO\/IRIS<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

This animation shows the IRIS in action:<\/p>\n