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MUST WATCH: Sun in HD

Published on April 23, 2010 in Astro Video and Solar. View Comments Tags: .

Jaw dropping high defination prominence on Sun captured by NASA SDO (Hubble for the Sun)

NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has beamed back jaw-dropping images of the sun and they have been released on 21 Apr 2010. There is a video with the prominence above in high definition (HD) at First Light of the Solar Dynamics Observatory which you must not miss. Even experienced solar physicists said that they learned new things by just watching the videos.

There are also videos showing solar flare and magnetic field on the sun surface.

Offtopic: Talking about HD, the hype is almost everywhere. Sooner or later, there might be HD eyepieces, HD mounts, HD bla bla bla…

Have You Ever Heard The Sun?

Published on July 11, 2007 in Solar. View Comments Tags: .
Shockwave on Sun

Look for this photo by going to their website. I find this very interesting.

Have you ever heard the sun? It’s common that most of us haven’t done so. However, there’s a team of people recording the wave emited by sun in New Mexico. They are the guys at HelioTown.com. The authority is Thomas Ashcraft.

All you need to do is to download the sound file and play it using your favourite music player. I use foobar2000. Have fun!

Radio Sun Introduction @ Heliotown.com