SOHO Page for if you like to watch the Sun

[Turtle]

:eek: This page is as good as good is for keeping tabs on our Sun. I especially recommend the little movies.

http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/

[Robust]

Thanks for that info, Turtle....will do!

[infamous]

;) This page is as good as good is for keeping tabs on our Sun. I especially recommend the little movies.

http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/

 

Thanks Turtle, I sent this link right to my favorites.

[Turtle]

___The recent X 17 flare:

http://www.spaceweather.com/

Stay tuned for more coronal mass ejections (CME's) from this active sunspot region.

___If you go back in the SOHO page archive, you can see the effect of this erruption on the LASCO instruments:

http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/

___

Edited April 7, 2012 by Turtle

[Dark Mind]

Awesome :shrug:.

 

Excellent links Turtle.

 

Do I hear someone saying "Brotherly conduct..." in my ear ;)...

[Turtle]

___I highly recommend the SOHO Real Time Movies right now; extremely high activity on Old Sol & the promise of more to come.

http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/

___Scroll down & click movies, then click on the LASCO C2 & LASCO C3 (2 different movies). I can't say which for sure without checking, but Mercury or Venus is seen entering the frame from stage left. :hihi:

[Turtle]

___Another CME (Coronal Mas Ejection) from the Sun is likely to produce auroura visible from mid-latitudes; keep your eyes peeled, but never look directly at the Sun. :eek2:

http://www.spaceweather.com/

[Turtle]

Something explosive brewing on the back side of the Sun today.

http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/

Check the movie from the Lasco C2 instrument.

[Turtle]

____Just perusing the SOHO page, & I may have spotted a comet.

Go to the main page, then scroll down & click on MPEG movies, then click on the LASCO3 image. Right near the end of the video, an object enters very fast from the bottom left & moves up & right. The movie ends there, so I don't know if it went past & out the top or if it hit the Sun. Interesting...:evil:

http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/

[Turtle]

___If you go to the SOHO page, click on the "SUN Now" box in upper left corner, scroll down & click on GIF animations, then click on the LASCO C# instrument & watch the animation, ...a strange burst of radiation appears to come from OUTSIDE the Sun from the upper left.

 

http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/

 

Please look & see if I'm loosing my mind (again).:singer: :hihi: :singer:

[Turtle]

I put the GIF animation in Windows Moviemaker & grabbed the still below of the burst. Very unusual!!:eek:

 

___I wrote Dr. SOHO at NASA to ask about this unusal sequence of images. As the images are replaced over time, we may lose track of it, although I saved the GIF sequence it is 14 MEG. I appreciate others having a look & giving some input.:hihi:

[Turtle]

___If you go to the SOHO page, click on the "SUN Now" box in upper left corner, scroll down & click on GIF animations, then click on the LASCO C# instrument & watch the animation, ...a strange burst of radiation appears to come from OUTSIDE the Sun from the upper left.

 

http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/

 

Please look & see if I'm loosing my mind (again).:cup: :eek: :cup:

 

I have watched these instruments for over a year; this is so unusual as to require a blatant bump.:beer: :smile: Please view & offer comment. I haven't heard back yet from Dr. SOHO at NASA.:hihi:

[InfiniteNow]

You seem verclempt about it all Turtle... Did you ever wind up checking out that Magnetic Earth special? It ties some of the information together with your thoughts here.

 

Pretty pretty pictures... Whe do I feel like a moth into a flame when I look at the sun? It's just so mesmerizing... :hihi:

http://hypography.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=775&c=10

[Turtle]

You seem verclempt about it all Turtle... Did you ever wind up checking out that Magnetic Earth special? It ties some of the information together with your thoughts here.

 

___I don't recall if I have watched that special yet or not; I will watch for it.

 

___I received a nice e-mail from Dr. Guillermo A. Stenborg, a SOHO-LASCO Operations Scientist at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. He told me the diffuse streak in the image is a piece of debri floating by during the 20 second-long exposure the instrument uses. He offered this link to another image of an unusal streak:

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/pickoftheweek/old/04feb2005/

 

___Rather than verclempt, I just find it exciting that any ol' body can make discoveries using these instruments. I like doing science instead of always just talking about doing science.:hihi:

[Turtle]

My favorite imagery from SOHO is from the

Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronograph , in particlular the LASCO/C3 images. Currently transiting the view of the instrument is Saturn, which is completely un-viewable just now using any other means of observation. To view, go to SOHO main page , click on the "Sun Now" icon in the upper left corner, and then scroll down. The LASCO/C3 image is the blue one in the lower right. The image displayed there is the latest still, and below you have the option to view a movie of the most recent captured frames.

 

:sun: :shrug:

[Turtle]

Plenty to see from SOHO as solar minimum appears to have passed & reverse magnetic sunspots have appeared. News Story here... Particularly interesting to see on the LASCO C3 instrument now is Mercury in retrograde.

From the main page, click on The Sun Now in upper left corner, scroll down & choose either Animated Gif or MPEG, then choose the LASCO C3.

http://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/

Very cool.:)

[Turtle]

Wohoo! Check this! SOHO caught a comet plunging into the Sun.

http://www.spaceweather.com/images2006/04nov06/c3_big.gif