SOHO pics 8:30am CST

[jilola]

It prbably means tat the level of radiation received by the CCD exceeded its dynamic range and caused information to be lost - much like an overexposed phtograph.
The text is an indication to the viewers that the image may be useless.

2cents & L&L
jouni

[James S]

I'm fairly familiar with SOHO.
The bakeout is kind of a maintenance routine they run on SOHO's main EIT CCD sensor to remove water vapour.

Here's a link that explains it better -
http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/eit/CCD_bakeout.html

Enjoy,
James.

[Risu no Kairu]

It means something you're not supposed to see was in the picture, so they pulled it.

[PuffAddr]

Thanks James.  [8D]

[PuffAddr]

Anyone familiar w/SOHO pics out there?  I checked at time shown and it says "CCD Bakeout" across the pic.  Does this mean the sun is doing something extraordinary and they are blacking out the pics?  I know the sun has been doing some really fantastic things since last fall for sure.  There was a really huge sunspot recently.  Wondering if it finally went ballistic.

Thanks, PuffAddr