Helio- and Asteroseismology

INTRODUCTION  | OBSERVATIONS : the SUN  | OBSERVATIONS : STARS  | MODELS  | SOLAR OSCILLATIONS  | RESULTS 
 WHO ARE WE ? 

Solar Oscillations Investigation/ Michelson Doppler Imager (SOI/MDI) on SoHO

The SOI/MDI instrument carries out high-resolution observations of the solar surface Doppler velocity, as well as of the surface magnetic field and intensity. The Principal Investigator of the project is Philip Scherrer, Stanford University, and the instrument was built by the Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratories. Further information about the project can be obtained from the SOI/MDI home page.

The instrument was launched on the SoHO spacecraft, which is a mission of international cooperation between ESA and NASA. Additional information about the SoHO project can be obtained at the home page of the project.