Hinode Images

Hinode, Japanese for "Sunrise" and formerly Solar-B, is a solar satellite working to unveil the mysteries of the sun. Led by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, the Hinode mission is a collaboration between the space agencies of Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom and Europe.

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On Oct. 25, the international Hinode satellite used its X-ray Telescope to capture three passages of the Moon eclipsing the...
On April 29, 2015, NuSTAR, Hinode, and SDO all stared at our Sun.
Flaring, active regions of our sun are highlighted in this new image combining observations from several telescopes
The international Hinode solar-observing satellite captured the transit of Mercury as it passed between Earth and the Sun on Nov....
transit of Mercury as it passed between Earth and the Sun on Nov. 11, 2019.
Spectacular images from the Hinode spacecraft show the solar eclipse, which darkened the sky in parts of the Western United...
3/4 of the Sun covered by a black circle.
On June 5, 2012, Hinode captured these stunning views of the transit of Venus - the last instance of this...
transit of Venus - a black circle passes in front of a yellow sun.
SUMI's instruments are designed to study magnetic fields of the sun's chromosphere - a thin layer of solar atmosphere sandwiched...
To support ground observations of the solar eclipse on Nov. 13, 2012, Hinode will capture images of the full sun...
Screen capture from Hinode video of Nov. 13, 2012 solar eclipse showing a partial eclipse viewed from the spacecraft during...
Screen capture from Hinode video of Nov. 13, 2012 solar eclipse, showing a full eclipse viewed from the spacecraft during...
This image from JAXA's Hinode mission shows the lower regions of the sun's atmosphere, the interface region, which a new...
This image was created by adding together 54 observations of the sun's 10-million degree outer atmosphere, called the corona. The...
This image is one of a collage that was created by adding together 54 observations of the sun's 10-million degree...
Active Region 11967 consisted of a major sunspot that released numerous solar flares in early 2014. Above is an image...
Hinode (Sunrise), formerly known as Solar-B before reaching orbit, was launched from the Uchinoura Space Center in Japan on September...
A partial solar eclipse was visible from much of North America before sundown on Thursday, Oct.23. A partial eclipse occurs...
Research by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center astrophysicists, published in Nature, presents a new explanation of how solar X-ray jets...
This image taken on Oct. 19, 2013, shows a filament on the sun – a giant ribbon of relatively cool...
As millions of Americans watched the total solar eclipse that crossed the contiguous United States on Aug. 21, 2017, the...
In 2006, the Hinode spacecraft, known as Solar-B before attaining orbit, was launched from Uchinoura Space Center in Japan. Here,...