Post #3195220
2025-01-16 21:31 UTC
I processed this from the raw data which looks a lot different - it's dominated by sunglare, so it's hard to see the stars or the solar wind. The comet nucleus is also very overexposed, which I repaired in the version above.
The raw data can be accessed here:
https://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/pub/lasco/lastimage/level_05/
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@stim3on@fosstodon.org 2025-01-16 21:42
It's incredible to me that the SOHO spacecraft that took these images is already more than 28 years old! And it almost didn't make it past the two year mark when contact to it was lost in 1998. The story of how it was recovered is really worth a read: https://www.theregister.com/2020/07/29/esa_soho_space_extenders/