Observing the Sun with CLASP (IMAGE)

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

Observing the Sun with CLASP

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Polarization spectra of the hydrogen Lyman-α line from the Sun taken by the CLASP sounding rocket experiment.

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NAOJ, JAXA, NASA/MSFC; background full-Sun image: NASA/SDO

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