Hinode Satellite Captures Eclipse Image

March 6, 2013

Thanks to image sensors, the Hinode satellite was able to capture this image of a solar eclipse.

In November of last year, e2v image sensors on board the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Hinode satellite captured an image of the moon traveling across the front of the sun. Launched in 2006, Hinode’s mission is to explore the magnetic fields of the sun. Scientists hope to shed new light on explosive solar activity that can interfere with satellite communications and electric power-transmission grids on Earth. (Courtesy of SAO, NASA, JAXA, and NAOJ.)

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Nancy Friedrich is RF Product Marketing Manager for Aerospace Defense at Keysight Technologies. Nancy Friedrich started a career in engineering media about two decades ago with a stint editing copy and writing news for Electronic Design. A few years later, she began writing full time as technology editor at Wireless Systems Design. In 2005, Nancy was named editor-in-chief of Microwaves & RF, a position she held (along with other positions as group content head) until 2018. Nancy then moved to a position at UBM, where she was editor-in-chief of Design News and content director for tradeshows including DesignCon, ESC, and the Smart Manufacturing shows.