The Quiet Sun: Solar images taken on 4 January 1998
The Sun at its solar mimum. Each image shows the Sun at different wavelenghts, allowing different aspects of the Sun to be observed.

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(a) Soft X-rays (08:12) (b) Extreme ultraviolet (19:02)
(a) Soft X-rays (08:12)
Yohkoh/SXT
(b) Extreme ultraviolet (19:02) SOHO/EIT
(c) White light (19:59) (d) H-alpha (17:03) (e) Radio (05:10)
(c) White light (19:59)
Big Bear Observatory
(d) H-alpha (17:03)
Big Bear Observatory
(e) Radio (05:10)
Nobeyama Radio Observatory