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MISSION LOG #007

SPACE

What I Learned Working With Solar X-Ray Data

Jul 10, 20265 min

X-ray light curve

Data is never ready

Most of the effort is not modelling. It is time alignment, gap handling, and deciding what counts as a valid observation window.

Soft and hard X-rays tell different stories

Soft X-rays trace heated plasma; hard X-rays trace accelerated particles. Reading them together gives a much fuller picture of a flare than either alone.

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