The sun is out of frame to the left.
Nasa parker solar probe images.
The spacecraft will get seven times closer to the sun than any probe ever has.
The wide field imager for solar probe or wispr is aboard nasa s parker solar probe to take images of the solar corona the sun s atmosphere and inner heliosphere.
An unprocessed image from the wispr instrument on board nasa s parker solar probe shows comet neowise on july 5 2020 shortly after its closest approach to the sun.
The sun is out of frame to the left.
The faint grid pattern near the center of the image is an artifact of the way the image is created.
An unprocessed image from the wispr instrument on board nasa s parker solar probe shows comet neowise on july 5 2020 shortly after its closest approach to the sun.
The faint grid pattern near the center of the image is an artifact of the way the image is created.
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Wispr s telescopes will provide white light images of the solar wind shocks solar ejecta and other structures as they approach and pass the spacecraft.
See images of nasa s parker solar probe mission which the agency plans to launch in july 2018.