Welcome to DARTS/Hinode

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About Hinode

Hinode is the third Japanese Solar astronomical satellite (following Hinotori and Yohkoh) launched on September 23, 2006 by the M-V rocket. Hinode will reveal heating mechanism and dynamics of the active solar corona via unprecedented quality observations with the on-board Solar Optical Telescope (SOT), X-ray Telescope (XRT) and EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS).

Last Modified: 29 July 2010