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MSU Solar Physics Group |
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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.
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NewsThe 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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