Interpret this frame from SDO(AIA 131 glitch?)

[Christopher S.]

It looks like a shadow. What is blocking the Sun?

[Marcel de Bont]

The Earth. 🤘 Our home planet gets in between SDO and the Sun 1 time a day around the equinox.

[LunarLights58]

Yep, same as all geostationary/geosynchronous satellites. This means the same thing also happens to GOES-16 and GOES-17.

[Solarflaretracker200]

Guys it's solar phases

[LunarLights58]

31 minutes ago, Solarflaretracker200 said:

Guys it's solar phases

Nah, it's just a sunset.

[Solarflaretracker200]

Just now, LunarLights58 said:

Nah, it's just a sunset.

I was kidding (in case you didn’t know) 😂 

[FairyG]

1 hour ago, Christopher S. said:

It looks like a shadow. What is blocking the Sun?

I told them not to park there. Silly Thor and Starlord returning to Earth to see the new Doctor Strange movie.

Edited February 15, 2022 by FairyG

[Solarflaretracker200]

My bad I told them to park there 😂 

[Drax Spacex]

3 hours ago, Marcel de Bont said:

The Earth. 🤘 Our home planet gets in between SDO and the Sun 1 time a day around the equinox.

Yep.  When the Earth is causing it, there's a fuzzy, shadowy boundary between light and dark (sounds like a movie huh).  The Moon can also eclipse SDO's view of the Sun - in that case the boundary between light and dark is sharper, more distinct (like Rey and the Emperor).

Sort of on topic - this frame from LASCO yesterday caught my eye.  Real data or a glitch?

LASCO_2022-02-14-14-32-34

It could be a glimpse of the Imperial Fleet in hyperspace on its way to a surprise attack on Endor (but not likely).

Edited February 15, 2022 by Drax Spacex
ROTJ

[Christopher S.]

5 hours ago, Drax Spacex said:

Yep.  When the Earth is causing it, there's a fuzzy, shadowy boundary between light and dark.

Fascinating... I suppose the cool part about this, to me, is how the SDO image was able to capture something picturesque like this. Good timing.

Edited February 16, 2022 by Christopher S.

[Solarflaretracker200]

8 hours ago, Marcel de Bont said:

The Earth. 🤘 Our home planet gets in between SDO and the Sun 1 time a day around the equinox.

Wait so that’s the Earths shadow? Sick!

[Sam Warfel]

14 minutes ago, Solarflaretracker200 said:

Wait so that’s the Earths shadow? Sick!

No, Earth can’t cast a shadow on the sun, since the sun is the thing casting shadows around here. 
It’s the Earth itself getting between the sun and the camera. Because the camera is designed to look at the sun, Earth will always be just fuzzy blackness. 

Edited February 16, 2022 by Orneno

[Drax Spacex]

2 hours ago, Christopher S. said:

Fascinating... I suppose the cool part about this, to me, is how the SDO image was able to capture something picturesque like this. Good timing.

Or, there's a rogue subroutine loose in the matrix. 🤔

[Solarflaretracker200]

3 hours ago, Orneno said:

No, Earth can’t cast a shadow on the sun, since the sun is the thing casting shadows around here. 
It’s the Earth itself getting between the sun and the camera. Because the camera is designed to look at the sun, Earth will always be just fuzzy blackness. 

Ah that makes sense