COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Chandra Space Telescope Collection
Record
Name:
GOES-12 X-ray Images of Saturn
Description:
X-ray images captured by the GOES Solar X-ray Imager illustrate the difference in the Sun before and after a solar flare. The groundbreaking first observation of X-rays from Saturn's low-latitudes appeared as a direct response to this flare, at left, from a sunspot clearly visible from Saturn and Earth. This flare was classified as an M6. M-class flares are medium-sized, generally causing brief radio blackouts at Earth's polar regions. With nine subdivisions for X-ray flares, an M6 flare is more powerful than those ranked M1 through M5. (Credit: NOAA/SEC)
facet_what:
Earth
facet_where:
Saturn
UID:
SPD-CHAND-photo/2005/saturn/sun2.jpg
