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…
An annular solar eclipse taken by Hartwig Luenthen on 01 August 2008
On 26 January 2009, we celebrate Chinese New Year, the Ox Year. This year, we are “favored” a partial solar eclipse here in Malaysia. I said “favored” as if we were in centuries ago, a solar eclipse meant a terrible nightmare to the Chinese. Not in these days, we are now equipped with scientific minds, a solar eclipse now means a wonder from the sky.
Now, let’s cut straight into the title. Go to this NASA website and look out for your location. You will be given exact time when the solar eclipse will start and reach the maximum and finally end. Check out Solar Eclipse 2009 too. There’s useful information like the coverage of the obscured sun, basic skills to look at the sun, sunglasses making and so on. This booklet is made by Miss Lau at National Planetarium in Malaysia.
Make sure you are well equipped with solar filter before looking at the sun. The damage to the eyes but the strong rays of light from the sun is irreversible!
Wish everybody enjoys the Chinese New Year! This maybe my last year celebrating CNY in Malaysia until another 4 years with my family members if I go to US for tertiary education.
Published on
July 11, 2007 in
Solar.
Tags: 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!
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