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English: This image shows the Sun as viewed by the Soft X-Ray Telescope (SXT) with the thin Al filter onboard the Yohkoh spacecraft. Slightly right of center shows a bright stripe crossing the solar equator. This is known as a transequatorial loop and is thought to play an important role in the Sun's 11 year sunspot cycle.
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Source http://ylstone.physics.montana.edu/ylegacy/cover.html
Author The Yohkoh mission was developed and launched by ISAS/JAXA, Japan, with NASA and SERC/PPARC (UK) as international partners. This work made use of the Yohkoh Legacy data Archive at Montana State University, which is supported by NASA.

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Public domain This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.)
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Pictured is the sun as seen in soft x-ray with a large transequatorial loop slightly right of center.

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7 July 1999

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