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Title: SOHO pics 8:30am CST
Post by: jilola on June 20, 2004, 08:06:00

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

Title: SOHO pics 8:30am CST
Post by: James S on June 20, 2004, 17:24:35

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.

Title: SOHO pics 8:30am CST
Post by: Risu no Kairu on June 20, 2004, 17:39:48

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

Title: SOHO pics 8:30am CST
Post by: PuffAddr on June 28, 2004, 21:52:13

Thanks James. [8D]

Title: SOHO pics 8:30am CST
Post by: PuffAddr on June 20, 2004, 07:34:24

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

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