During his visit at #MPSGoettingen, Prof. Dr. Metin Tolan, president of @uniGoettingen, toured our cleanrooms and saw the flight spare of @ESASolarOrbiter’s #SolarOrbiterPHI instrument, the @Sunrise_III telescope - and many other missions and projects. Thanks for a great visit!

Today @ESASolarOrbiter is in opposition to Earth and #SolarOrbiterPHI is peering at the #Sun’s far side. Data will be downlinked in a few weeks. With the help of observatories near Earth this could lead to the 1st all-round view of solar magnetic fields. http://tinyurl.com/23p3uouc

Beautiful first images from #SolarOrbiterPHI. Read more here: www.mps.mpg.de/solar-orbiter-s-first-im... #ESASolarOrbiter #TheSunUpClose #WeAreAllSolarOrbiters