SDO Off-Point during the Parker Solar Probe Perihelion

From 2100 UTC (5:00 pm ET) on April 28, 2021, to 1100 UTC (7:00 am ET) on April 29, 2021, SDO will off-point from the center of the Sun. This will support the PSP perihelion passage at 0900 UTC, April 29, 2021.

This is an opportunity for you to examine the middle corona that is not normally seen in the AIA field-of view. The exposure time will be increased, there will be fewer AIA images, and lossless compression will be used to download the images. That means you will be able to bring out details in the middle corona by co-adding frames.