CCOR-1, a newly activated coronagraph onboard NOAA’s GOES-19 weather satellite, is the first of its kind in geostationary orbit. Positioned deep inside the Moon’s orbit, it offers a perspective unavailable to previous coronagraphs like those on SOHO.
New Moons are typically dark and invisible, but NOAA’s CCOR-1 coronagraph just captured one in stunning detail.
In the footage, the Moon appears full, an illusion caused entirely by sunlight reflecting off Earth. The brightness isn’t constant, though. As sunrise progresses over the Western Hemisphere, the increasing Earthshine becomes so intense that some frames are saturated with light.
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