Birth of a Sunspot

Using the Solar Dynamics Observatory, researchers have watched a sunspot being born over the course of eight hours, giving us an unprecidented view of how sunspots form and evolve...

27 May 2011

Interview with

Stephane Regnier, University of Central Lancashire

Part of the show The Birth of Sunspots and Black Hole Collisions

Sun_projection_with_spotting-scope.jpg

Ocular projection of the sun with large sunspots using a spotting scope (50mm diameter, 45x magnification) and a sheet of paper approx. 30 cm from the ocular. The apparent granulation is due to that of the paper rather than the photospheric...

Credit:

GNU1.2 - SiriusB

Share

References

National Astronomy Meeting - Watching the Birth of a Sunspot

Comments

Add a comment

Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.