Preface Topical Issue "The Sun 360"

FLECK, B.; HEBER, B.; VOURLIDAS, A.; VAN DRIEL-GESZTELYI, L.; MANDRINI, C.H.; LEIBACHER, J.

SOLAR PHYSICS

SPRINGER

Lugar: Berlin; Año: 2012 vol. 281 p. 1 - 2

0038-0938

On 9 February 2011 the two STEREO spacecraft reached a separation of 180° from each other, thus offering humanity its first view of the global atmosphere of a star. In addition, the STEREO observations are complemented by a large array of other space observatories distributed in the inner heliosphere: in orbits around Earth (e.g. SDO, Wind), around other planets (Venus Express, Messenger), and around L1 (SOHO, ACE). ...