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The Magic Ultraviolet Window
Ultraviolet waves are just above visible light on the energy meter. Click to learn about X-Rays Click to learn about Visible Light Click to learn about Infrared radiation Click to learn about Microwaves Click to learn about Radio waves Click to learn about Gamma Rays
SOHO spacecraft
Space Place Kids see the seething sun in ultraviolet.
Ultraviolet waves are as tiny as a single virus. The Ultraviolet Magic Window shows us our own star, the Sun, as it rotates and seethes with activity. We can clearly see sunspots, flares, and other solar events in this wavelength.
The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), in orbit around the Sun, has an ultraviolet telescope onboard that gives us images like this one.

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