Solar Orbiter Workshop at the Observatory
On 8, 9 and 10 April 2025, the Royal Observatory of Belgium welcomed 85 leading solar physicists, in person and online, to participate in an international workshop on the future of the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter mission.
Caption: Group picture of the in-person attendants of the 2025 Solar Orbiter Workshop at the Royal Observatory of Belgium, taken in front of a giant mosaic image of the Sun made with EUI images.
Through presentations and group discussions, the science of three instruments (EUI, Metis and SPICE) was reviewed in detail. A special session was held on the future science operations of the whole mission as its orbit is shifting out of the ecliptic and, for the first time ever, images of the solar poles will be taken.
Since 2020, Solar Orbiter observes the Sun at a distance that, at some moments, is within the orbit of Mercury. The Observatory manages EUI, the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager, which is one of the cornerstone instruments onboard Solar orbiter. EUI’s solar images of unprecedented resolution revolutionise the understanding of our star.
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