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Portable Network Graphic  |  2003-02-25  |  66.4 KB  |  430x418  |  16-bit (2,715 colors)
   ocr: SOHO RESULTS INTERSTELLAR SPACE SWAN is the only SOHO instrument that avoids looking towards the Sun. Instead, it maps most of the sky by ultraviolet light. SOHO LILLLLE u E - L - 100 300 - 300 mo solar Wind Mapper: SWAN - Dewed Ve La et - te Tamy! n trecion ven * netpanary te TE hdrogun breune - SUN see a lel Cre soer - orew 1N1 Stare efital HikyWry 2 Ag general glow. in this SWAN image comes from hydrogen atoms in a breeze ofg gas from interstellar space. The glow is brighter on the upwind (right) side. Ultroviolet rays from the Sun illuminate the afoms, but solar wind protons break them up, ...