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Campaign: Parker Solar Probe 15^th Perihelion

March 13 - 21, 2023

The fifteenth encounter of Parker Solar Probe provided observations as close as 13.3Rs (0.062 au) to the Sun, with perihelion occurring on 2023 March 17^th. This encounter had tremendous opportunities for conjunction studies with both remote sensing Earth-based observatories and in situ observatories throughout the inner heliosphere. This included both radial and Parker spiral alignments with Mars near 1.5 au, STEREO-A and Earth near 1 au, and Solar Orbiter and BepiColombo near 0.5 au. To support coordinated observing, WHPI and the Parker Solar Probe modeling team partnered to supply footpoint predictions for Encounter 15. The first prediction was issued on 2023 March 13^th, followed by daily updates from 2023 March 16^th though 2023 March 21^st. Footpoint predictions also included updates on the likelihood of flare activity from currently visible active regions based on the CCMC Flare Scoreboard.

If you have observational results to share, please contact us at whpi_help@hao.ucar.edu.

Campaign Target Information

• Visit our campaign target archive page.
• Synoptic map for PSP15 period. Made with H Alpha, Magnetogram and EUV daily images. Start and end of PSP period are marked at the top of the map. The corresponding FITS file is linked below the image.
  

  FITS download

Support

• Advanced Heliophysics PSP page - Regularly posts new modeling results and observational advice for PSP, Solar Orbiter, 1au and ground-based observatories.
• Various ground-based and space-based observatories.

Other Parker Solar Probe campaigns

• PSP 4th Perihelion (Jan 15 - Feb 11, 2020)
• PSP 7th Perihelion (Jan 10 - 20, 2021)
• PSP 8th Perihelion (Apr 28 - May 7, 2021)
• PSP 11th Perihelion (Feb 18 - 28, 2022)
• PSP 18th Perihelion (Dec 26 – 28, 2023)
• PSP 19th Perihelion (Mar 29 – Apr 1, 2024)
• PSP 20th Perihelion (Jun 28 – Jul 2, 2024)
• PSP 22nd Perihelion (Dec 21 - 24, 2024)
• PSP 23rd Perihelion (Mar 21 - 25, 2025)
• PSP 24th Perihelion (Jun 17 - 22, 2025)
• PSP 25th Perihelion (Sep 12 - 18, 2025)
• PSP 26th Perihelion (Dec 11 - 13, 2025)
• PSP 27th Perihelion (Mar 10 - 13, 2026)
• PSP 28th Perihelion (Jun 7 - 11, 2026)
• PSP 29th Perihelion (Sep 1 - 7, 2026)