Hear the Sun - three years of solar flares observed with the STIX instrument on board #ESA's #SolarOrbiter sonified:

▶️ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XYXAdXf5gWU&t=80s&pp=2AFQkAIB

The video shows the sun as observed
Ultraviolet Imager instrument as Solar Orbiter moves closer to & further away from the Sun on its elliptical orbit. The blue circles are flares detected by the STIX instrument.

More info:
▶️ https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2024/12/See_and_hear_three_years_of_solar_fireworks

I'm extremely happy we hired a trainee for sonification this year 😊

#astrodon #sonification #scicomm