IRIS Movie of the Day
At least once a week a movie of the Sun taken by NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) is posted by one of the scientists operating the instrument.
Flare right under the IRIS slit
Credit: IRIS, LMSAL/NASA
On January 22, 2024, during a high cadence flare program, IRIS was observing an active region in hopes of detecting a solar flare. IRIS successfully captured a small flare directly beneath the slit used to collect light for solar spectra recording. The flare was observed at the bottom of the field of view (FOV) characterized a by a strong brightening.