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The ASPIICS coronagraph aboard ESA\u2019s formation-flying Proba-3 mission is able to observe the Sun\u2019s corona in the gap between the fields of view of solar extreme-ultraviolet imagers and conventional coronagraphs, making it uniquely suited for studies of the inner solar corona.<\/p>\n
This image is a combination of observations made on 23 May 2025 by three different European instruments aboard different missions: the Sun\u2019s disc (artificially coloured in yellow), as captured by an extreme-ultraviolet telescope (SWAP) aboard Proba-2; the outer corona (in red) observed by the LASCO C2 coronagraph aboard SOHO; and the inner corona (in green), imaged in detail by Proba-3\u2019s ASPIICS coronagraph, filling the gap.<\/p>\n
See more images from Proba-3\u2019s first artificial solar eclipse here.<\/p>\n
[Image description: This is an image of the Sun composed of three different concentric images. In the centre there is a yellow disc – the Sun\u2019s bright body. Around it, in the second concentric image, light green hair-like tendrils extend from the Sun\u2019s edge in all directions. In the third, outermost part of the image, bright red rays extend further from the green tendrils towards the edges of the image.]<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n