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A-The Sun from Spitzer - spicules_sst_big.jpgSun "Spicules" from the Sptizer Space Telescope (SST)136 visiteCaption NASA originale: "Pictured above is perhaps the highest resolution image yet of the enigmatic "Solar Flux Tubes" known as "Spicules". Spicules dot the above frame of solar active region, but they are particularly evident as a carpet of dark tubes on the right. Time-sequenced images have recently shown that spicules "Life-span" is of about 5 minutes, starting out as tall tubes of rapidly rising gas but eventually fading as the gas peaks and falls back down to the Sun".
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Solar_rotation.jpgThe "uneven" Solar Rotation133 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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A_-_The_Sun_-_Sunspots_-_Friedman.jpgFeatures of the Sun (picture taken in H-Alpha - False Colors)132 visiteTaken just last week (second week of November 2011), the Sun was captured sporting numerous interesting features including one of the larger Sunspot Groups yet recorded: AR 1339 visible on the image right. Only last year, the Sun was emerging from an unusually quiet Solar Minimum that lasted for years. The above image was recorded in a single color of light called Hydrogen Alpha, inverted, and false colored. Spicules cover much of the Sun's face. The gradual brightening towards the Sun's edges is caused by increased absorption of relatively cool solar gas and called limb darkening. Just over the Sun's edges, several scintillating Prominences protrude, while Prominences on the Sun's face are seen as light streaks. Possibly the most visually interesting of all are the magnetically tangled active regions containing cool Sunspots. As our Sun's Magnetic Field winds toward Solar Maximum over the next few years, increased activity will likely create times when the Sun's face is even more complex.MareKromium
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ZZ-ZZ-ZZ-3-The_Sun-FlareX13_20220330_171A_2048p30_Sq.gifThe always restless Sun... Sun-Flare X-13118 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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A-THE SUN-FLUXTUBE.jpgA very unusual "fluxtube" from the Sun112 visiteCaption originale NASA, da "NASA - Picture of the Day" dell'11 Gennaio 1999: "The Earth's orbit is not a perfect, sun-centered circle. At aphelion, the most distant point in Earth's orbit, the Sun is 150 MKMs away and at perihelion, the closest point, Earth approaches the Sun to within about 147 MKMs. While aphelion occurs in July, perihelion for planet Earth comes in January. In fact, inhabitants of the Northern Hemisphere, particularly those wearily weathering winter storms, may be surprised to learn that Earth reached its closest point to the Sun on early January, usually the coldest month of the year. This false-color picture recorded near perihelion is from the earth-orbiting Yohkoh Solar Observatory. It shows an increasingly active Sun in the light of X-rays. A negative color scheme is used, darker colors representing more intense X-ray light". Da notare che il commento NASA non menziona nè spiega - guarda caso... - il dettaglio più intrigante dell'immagine: il "tubo" di plasma e di gas...
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Solar_Corona~0.jpgDeep Coronal Holes107 visiteCaption NASA:"This ominous, dark shape sprawling across the face of the Sun is a Coronal Hole -- a low density region extending above the Surface where the Solar Magnetic Field opens freely into interplanetary space.
Studied extensively from space since the 1960s in UltraViolet and X-Ray Light, Coronal Holes are known to be the source of the high-speed Solar Wind (such as atoms and electrons which flow outward along the open Magnetic Field lines). During periods of low activity, Coronal Holes typically cover regions just above the Sun's Poles.
But this extensive Coronal Hole dominated the Sun's Northern Hemisphere earlier this week, captured here in Extreme UV Light by cameras onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory. The solar wind streaming from this Coronal Hole triggered auroral displays on Earth".MareKromium
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Active_Sun.jpgActive Sun (Credits: Mehmet Ergün)104 visiteCaption NASA Originale:"Our Sun is becoming a busy place. Only two years ago, the Sun was emerging from a solar minimum so quiet that months would go by without even a single sunspot. In contrast, already this year and well ahead of schedule, our Sun is unusually active, already nearing solar activity levels seen a decade ago during the last solar maximum. Our increasingly active Sun was captured two weeks ago sporting numerous interesting features. The image was recorded in a single color of light called Hydrogen Alpha, color-inverted, and false colored. Spicules carpet much of the Sun's face. The brightening towards the Sun's edges is caused by increased absorption of relatively cool solar gas and called limb darkening. Just outside the Sun's disk, several scintillating prominences protrude, while prominences on the Sun's face are known as filaments and show as light streaks. Magnetically tangled active regions are both dark and light and contain cool sunspots. As our Sun's magnetic field winds toward solar maximum over the next few years, whether the Sun's high activity will continue to increase is unknown".
“Non si presta mai attenzione a ciò che è stato fatto; si vede soltanto ciò che resta da fare"
Marie CurieMareKromium
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Solar_Prominence-SOHO.jpgSolar Prominence103 visiteCaption NASA:"What's that coming over the edge of the Sun? What might appear at first glance to be some sort of Sun monster is actually a Solar Prominence. The above Prominence, captured by the Sun-orbiting SOHO satellite earlier this year during an early stage of its eruption, rapidly became one of the largest ever on record.
Even as pictured, the Prominence is huge -- the Earth would easily fit inside. A Solar Prominence is a thin cloud of Solar Gas held just above the Surface by the Sun's Magnetic Field.
A "Quiescent Prominence" typically lasts about a month, while an "Eruptive Prominence" like the one developing above may erupt within hours into a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME), expelling hot gas into the Solar System. Although very hot, Prominences typically appear dark when viewed against the Sun, since they are slightly cooler than the surface. As our Sun evolves toward Solar maximum over the next three years, more large eruptive prominences are expected".MareKromium
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The corona.jpgThe Sun's corona from TRACE (Transition Region and Coronal Explorer Satellite)97 visitenessun commento
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Sun surface in 3D.jpgThe "bubbling" surface of the Sun in 3D96 visiteCaption NASA originale" How smooth is the Sun? The new Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope, deployed in the Canary Islands in 2002, allows imaging of objects less than 100-Km across on the Sun's surface. When pointed toward the Sun's edge, surface objects now begin to block each other, indicating true three-dimensional information. Close inspection of the image reveals much vertical information, including spectacular light-bridges rising nearly 500 Km above the floor of sunspots near the top of the image. Also visible in the above false-color image are hundreds of bubbling granules, each about 1000 Km across, and small bright regions known as "faculae".
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Parker_Solar_Probe_trajectory.gifThe Parker Solar Probe's Trajectory94 visiteInteressante.MareKromium
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A-The_Sun-SOHO-LASCO-2.gifA Day of the Sun (a GIF-Movie by Dr Gianluigi Barca - Lunexit Team)90 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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