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MSU Solar Physics Group

MSU Solar Physics Group



MSU and Hinode



The newest mission in the solar constellation is Hinode. Known as "Solar-B" prior to launch, Hinode is a follow-on to the very successful Yohkoh ("Solar-A") mission. MSU is a part of the Mission Operations and Data Analysis team for Hinode's X-Ray Telescope (XRT). The XRT was constructed by the Solar & Stellar X-ray Group at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

MSU's Co-investigator on the Hinode/XRT is Prof. David McKenzie, and other MSU Solar Group members working on XRT include Dr. Keiji Yoshimura, Dr. Junho Shin, and graduate student Sabrina Savage.









News

The Japan/US/UK Solar-B mission was successfully launched on September 22, and subsequently named Hinode (Japanese for "sunrise"). MSU is a Co-I institution on the X-Ray Telescope (XRT), and will assist in Mission Operations and Data Analysis.
MSU Solar Physics News Archive


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