{"id":12166,"date":"2025-03-01T01:16:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T19:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=12166"},"modified":"2025-03-30T07:45:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T02:15:19","slug":"solar-ultraviolet-imaging-telescope-suit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/solar-ultraviolet-imaging-telescope-suit\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>The Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) instrument onboard Aditya-L1 observed an X6.3-class solar flare recently, one of the most intense categories of solar eruptions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>About Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is one of the remote sensing <strong>payloads on board the Aditya-L1, <\/strong>the <strong>first dedicated solar mission of<\/strong> the Indian Space Research Organization (<strong>ISRO<\/strong>), that was launched on September 02, 2023.<\/li>\n<li>It was <strong>developed by Pune\u2019s Inter-University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics<\/strong> (IUCAA) in close collaboration with various ISRO Centres.<\/li>\n<li>SUIT is designed to<strong> provide near-simultaneous<\/strong> full-disk and region-of-interest<strong> images of the Sun at various heights<\/strong>, <strong>slicing through the photosphere and chromosphere.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It employs an array of <strong>11 scientifically calibrated filter<\/strong>s (3 broad-band &amp; 8 narrow-band) strategically positioned within the wavelength range of 200 to 400 nanometers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Located at the first Lagrange point,<\/strong> SUIT <strong>observes the Sun 24&#215;7<\/strong>, without any interruption.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>primary scientific objective <\/strong>of SUIT is to <strong>scrutinize <\/strong>the dynamic interplay within the <strong>magnetized solar atmosphere<\/strong>, delving into the intricacies of energetic phenomena such as j<strong>ets, flares, filament evolution, and eruptions.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Furthermore, SUIT, for the first time ever, will help scientists to measure and <strong>monitor the spatially resolved solar spectral irradiance<\/strong> within the wavelength range crucial to comprehend the intricacies of the <strong>sun-climate relationship.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What is a Solar Flare?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A solar flare is a <strong>sudden and intense burst of solar energy<\/strong> from the Solar atmosphere.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Flares are our <strong>solar system\u2019s largest explosive events.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>They are<strong> seen as bright areas in the sun,<\/strong> and they can last from <strong>minutes to hours.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The phenomenon is c<strong>aused by the Sun&#8217;s magnetic field.\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>magnetic field <\/strong>of the Sun is <strong>very dynamic<\/strong> in nature.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Sometimes they s<strong>uddenly snap and release intense bursts of energy<\/strong> \u2013 like a powerful, short flash.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The energy is released in the <strong>form of light\/radiation<\/strong> and high energy charged particles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Although solar flares can be visible in white light, they are often <strong>more readily noticed via<\/strong> their <strong>bright X-ray and ultraviolet emissions.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Effect of Solar Flare on Earth:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The intense radiation emitted during a solar flare can <strong>affect satellite communications, disrupt radio signals,<\/strong> and even pose a r<strong>isk to astronauts<\/strong> in space.<\/li>\n<li>Additionally, the increased solar radiation can lead to <strong>geomagnetic storms<\/strong>, which may i<strong>mpact power grids<\/strong> and <strong>cause auroras <\/strong>(northern and southern lights) at lower latitudes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. Who made the SUIT telescope?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. It was developed by Pune\u2019s Inter-University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. How much did Aditya-L1 cost?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. 3.78 billion Indian rupees ($45.5 million)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. What is the main purpose of Aditya-L1?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. The main purpose of Aditya-L1 is to study the Sun, particularly its outermost layers, and understand its impact on space weather.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/cities\/pune\/solar-flares-solar-ultraviolet-imaging-telescope-suit-aditya-l1-9860583\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) is one of the remote sensing payloads on board the Aditya-L1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12167,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12166","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}