<p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinode_(satellite)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Hinode</a> satellite has an active x-ray telescope that is routinely used to image the sun.  And the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NuSTAR" rel="nofollow noreferrer">NuSTAR</a> extreme x-ray telescope can also be used for sun imaging (although its main job is looking for black holes) </p>

<p>Here is the <a href="https://hinode.nao.ac.jp/en/gallery/latest/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">latest XRT image</a> of Hinode</p>

<p>There are also Extreme Ultraviolet telescopes (at 171Å that is less than an octave away from the conventional lower end of X-rays at 100Å) SDO. Stereo (Ahead) and SOHO all have EUV telescopes. The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Dynamics_Observatory" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SDO</a> satellite has sensors for wavelengths as short as 94Å, conventionally classed as X-rays</p>

<p><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/jpl/nustar/searing-sun-seen-in-x-rays" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.nasa.gov/jpl/nustar/searing-sun-seen-in-x-rays</a></p>

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2020-04-11T13:05:17.153Z
Here is the [**latest XRT image of Hinode**](https://hinode.nao.ac.jp/en/gallery/latest/) that I was looking for. Thanks!
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Thanks, I'll incorporate your suggestion.
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<p>NOAA GOES-14 &amp; 15 went very recently <a href="https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/goes-14-15-are-now-storage-mode" rel="nofollow noreferrer">in storage mode</a>. With those also went the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_X-ray_Imager" rel="nofollow noreferrer">solar X-ray imagers (SXI)</a>, as GOES-16 &amp; 17 do not have such instruments on board. Hence, my question:</p>

<p>Are there still any active solar X-ray imagers of other space agencies orbiting the Earth?</p>

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Any active solar X-ray imager in orbit?
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# Any active solar X-ray imager in orbit?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-04-11)

NOAA GOES-14 & 15 went very recently [in storage mode](https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/goes-14-15-are-now-storage-mode). With those also went the [solar X-ray imagers (SXI)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_X-ray_Imager), as GOES-16 & 17 do not have such instruments on board. Hence, my question:

Are there still any active solar X-ray imagers of other space agencies orbiting the Earth?

**Tags:** the-sun, space-telescope, artificial-satellite, solar-flare, x-ray

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-04-11. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

The [Hinode](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinode_(satellite)) satellite has an active x-ray telescope that is routinely used to image the sun. And the [NuSTAR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NuSTAR) extreme x-ray telescope can also be used for sun imaging (although its main job is looking for black holes)

Here is the [latest XRT image](https://hinode.nao.ac.jp/en/gallery/latest/) of Hinode

There are also Extreme Ultraviolet telescopes (at 171Å that is less than an octave away from the conventional lower end of X-rays at 100Å) SDO. Stereo (Ahead) and SOHO all have EUV telescopes. The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly on the [SDO](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Dynamics_Observatory) satellite has sensors for wavelengths as short as 94Å, conventionally classed as X-rays

<https://www.nasa.gov/jpl/nustar/searing-sun-seen-in-x-rays>

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Here is the [**latest XRT image of Hinode**](https://hinode.nao.ac.jp/en/gallery/latest/) that I was looking for. Thanks!  
> **username_1**: Thanks, I'll incorporate your suggestion.  

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