Credits: ESA/NASA/ULA
The Italian Metis coronagraph on board Solar Orbiter has been switched on and brought to temperature for the first time. Everything well, even if the effects of the Italian coronavirus epidemic have limited the access of researchers from the regions of northern Italy.
 
More details can be found in the article published by Media Inaf: https://www.media.inaf.it/2020/02/28/metis-messo-in-moto/

Credits: MEDIA INAF