{"id":61893,"date":"2023-12-09T19:49:58","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T14:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/?post_type=current-affairs&#038;p=61893"},"modified":"2023-12-11T17:42:33","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T12:12:33","slug":"aditya-l1-captures-sun-images","status":"publish","type":"current-affairs","link":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/current-affairs\/aditya-l1-captures-sun-images","title":{"rendered":"Aditya-L1 Captures Full-Disk Images of Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Context: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> instrument on board the Aditya-L1 spacecraft has successfully captured the first full-disk images of Sun in the<\/span><b> 200-400 nm wavelength range.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>SUIT Unveils Sun&#8217;s Secrets: Capturing Sun\u2019s Photosphere and Chromosphere<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SUIT captured images of the <\/span><b>Sun&#8217;s photosphere and chromosphere<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in this wavelength range using various scientific filters. Among the notable features revealed are<\/span><b> sunspots, plage, and quiet Sun regions, providing scientists with pioneering insights<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> into the intricate details of the Sun&#8217;s photosphere and chromosphere.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-62246\" src=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/unnamed-57-1-6576f6b0c9e63.webp\" alt=\"images of Sun\" width=\"701\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/unnamed-57-1-6576f6b0c9e63.webp 1024w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/unnamed-57-1-6576f6b0c9e63-300x135.webp 300w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/unnamed-57-1-6576f6b0c9e63-768x347.webp 768w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/unnamed-57-1-6576f6b0c9e63-360x162.webp 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100.3%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 100%; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000; background-color: rgba(184, 165, 217, 0.53); text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>About Aditya-L1 Mission<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/current-affairs\/aditya-l1-mission-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Aditya-L1 Mission<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the <\/span><b>first Indian space mission<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to observe the Sun and the solar corona.<\/span><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">The meaning of Aditya is \u201cSun God\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was placed in a halo orbit around the <\/span><b>first Lagrange point (L1<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) of the Sun-Earth system which allows it to look at the Sun continuously.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>PSLV-C57<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It is the 25th mission using PSLV-XL configuration.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Objectives of Mission:<\/b><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Solar upper atmospheric (<\/span><b>chromosphere and corona<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) dynamics.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Chromospheric and coronal heating<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Physics of the partially <\/span><b>ionized plasma<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Initiation of the <\/span><b>Coronal Mass Ejections<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (CME).<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Solar Flares<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>About Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT)<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Developed by:\u00a0 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pune\u2019s Inter-University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Objective: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">study th<\/span><b>e Sun&#8217;s ultraviolet (UV) emissions and capture high-resolution <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">images of the Sun&#8217;s atmosphere, known as the corona, in various UV wavelengths.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will<\/span><b> operate in the far and near ultraviolet regions, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">covering wavelengths of 200-400 nanometers.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Significance: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SUIT observations will help scientists <\/span><b>study the dynamic coupling of the magnetized solar atmosphere<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and assist them in placing tight constraints on the effects of solar radiation on Earth&#8217;s climate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>News Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/india-news\/aditya-l1-captures-full-disk-images-of-sun-in-near-ultraviolet-wavelengths-123120801302_1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Business Standard<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) instrument on board the Aditya-L1 spacecraft has successfully captured the first full-disk images of Sun in the 200-400 nm wavelength 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