STEREO-B Carrington Maps for SECCHI Cor2 Telescope

NASA's STEREO mission provides synoptic maps summarizing short-term and long-term coronal evolution. The resource contains East and West limb maps from Cor1 and Cor2 coronagraphs, HI1/2-A and HI1/2-B imagers, and central meridian maps from the EUVI telescope. Maps are available for each Carrington Rotation since the mission's beginning.

Use Cases

• Analyze the evolution of the corona from a two-sectored to a multi-sectored structure based on limb maps.
• Study distortions and discontinuities in the streamer belt associated with active regions on the sun.
• Investigate the shape of the current sheet and coronal mass ejections based on visible features in the maps.
• Monitor long-term changes in the lower atmosphere based on EUVI central meridian maps.

Strengths

• Maps are available for each Carrington Rotation since the beginning of the STEREO mission.
• Includes data from multiple instruments: Cor1, Cor2, HI1/2-A, HI1/2-B, and EUVI telescopes.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Time Range

Since the beginning of the STEREO mission.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 04:38:49.762688; freshness should be verified.