Resonance

, Volume 9, Issue 12, pp 14–24 | Cite as

The sun’s mysteries from space - I

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Abstract

This article in two parts presents a brief overview of the Sun’s mysteries revealed from space observations, using recent solar spacecrafts: Yohkoh, SOHO, TRACE and RHESSI.

Keywords

Solar atmosphere UV and X-ray emission observations from space 

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© Indian Academy of Sciences 2004

Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of Applied PhysicsBanaras Hindu UniversityVaranasiIndia

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