The 3-D Sun? There’s an App for That!
Posted On: January 11, 2010Comments: No Responses
Dr. Tony Phillips, currently a consultant working with SESDA II staff, has developed a novel freeware application for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch that uses real-time observations from the twin STEREO spacecraft to give a 3-D view of the state of the Sun. Views from both the STEREO Ahead and Behind spacecraft are blended […]
Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) on Twitter
Posted On: December 11, 2009Comments: No Responses
With SDO launch looming in early 2010, SESDA II Education and Public Outreach (EPO) staff are planning the first ever launch Tweetup (http://twitter.com/NASA_SDO) where people who twitter can come together to meet in person at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Twitter has become the preeminent tool for providing timely information to the general public on […]
Become a Friend of the James Webb Space Telescope
Posted On: December 7, 2009Comments: No Responses
If you’re like most people you keep in touch with your social network via Facebook. Well, now you can make a new friend: the James Webb Space Telescope! A SESDA II staff member who participates in Education and Public Outreach for the JWST project started this page as a way to keep the public interested […]
SESDA II staff help lead the way with visualization of A-Train data using Giovanni and Google Earth
Posted On: December 7, 2009Comments: No Responses
The combination of Giovanni and Google Earth allows striking visualization of data from the “A-Train” satellite constellation. SESDA II staff helped develop the Giovanni Google Earth visualization capability which uses the A-Train constellation data to provide users with ability to visualize both vertical data curtain plots and surface strips for the same temporal and spatial […]
Will a massive Solar storm cause the world to end on December 21, 2012?
Posted On: October 5, 2009Comments: No Responses
Such was the sobering premise of an interview by SESDA II Scientist Dr. Alex Young in a documentary by Discovery Channel about the myths of the end of the world when the Mayan calendar ends on December 21, 2012. The documentary is timed with the upcoming release of a major science fiction movie about the […]
SESDA II on Amazon
Posted On: August 4, 2009Comments: No Responses
If you are interested in learning all about Solar Image Analysis and Visualization (and have a few spare dollars), then head over to Amazon, where you’ll find a hardcover collection of published papers from a workshop in Baltimore, Maryland held in October 2008. The workshop brought together experts on image processing and Solar Physics from […]
SESDA II Scientists Help Bring New Life to Hubble
Posted On: June 3, 2009Comments: No Responses
On May 14, 2009, STS-125 astronauts successfully installed the new Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) in the Hubble Space Telescope. Among those anxiously monitoring the operation from the ground were two SESDA II scientists, who played a significant role in developing and calibrating the principal detector in WFC3. As part of a team working at […]
SESDA II staff add false color functionality to the Hurricane Data Portal
Posted On: June 2, 2009Comments: No Responses
The GES DISC Hurricane Data Analysis Tool has added the capability to animate false color images of Merged Infra-Red (IR) data in addition to the previously available grayscale images. This capability enhances the images and animations that can be created with the Merged IR data from geostationary outlook satellites. After selecting False Color, the geographical […]
SESDA II Artwork on the Cover of DISCOVER Magazine
Posted On: June 2, 2009Comments: No Responses
Artwork by SESDA II multi-media specialists graced the cover of the April 2009 issue of Discover Magazine for a story on the Solar Probe Plus mission that is scheduled for launch in 2015. Using actual data from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, staff created an artist’s rendition of what the Solar Probe mission is likely […]
SESDA II Team Supports “Around the World in 80 Telescopes”
Posted On: April 30, 2009Comments: No Responses
Ever wonder what goes on at the world’s largest ground and space observatories? Such was the premise of “Around the World in 80 Telescopes”, a live 24-hour webcast on April 3, 2009 that profiled the daily activities of astronomers around the globe as they worked on some of the most advanced telescopes on Earth and […]
