Sun up close. 1.5m GREGOR telescope.

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Sun up close. 1.5m GREGOR telescope.

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This is quite an interesting article. I still find it amazing on how much of it we can see and image.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/high-res-i ... -up-close/


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Stunning images and animation. Thanks for pointing us to this article, James.

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That's correct James and those images are quite amazing.

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Many of us observed this spot when it was on the disc back in late July.


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Nice article and impressive images, James. Thank you: always fun to look at large telescope images.

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Oh my word!! If only I could get granulation like that :hamster: it makes me drool just thinking about it :)

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Montana wrote: Sun Sep 06, 2020 11:43 am Oh my word!! If only I could get granulation like that :hamster: it makes me drool just thinking about it :)

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A video on the 1.5m GREGOR solar telescope.



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Thanks for this, James. It’s certainly an impressive bit of kit.

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Fantastic! thanks for the link James. Wouldn't that be nice to say it was your solar setup :lol:

On another note, please share how you embedded this video in Solarchat? Mark and I have been trying to work this out for years as the media insert button doesn't work.

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Choose share on YouTube and copy the link it gives you. Then go to to your YouTube insert button in SolarChat and then paste the link once it is open there.


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Thanks James!


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Post by Bruce G »

Fantastic animation. I get mesmerized by those things.

What are we seeing at 430 nm? This is apparently the CH G band. I found this:
"Whereas the main source of line opacity in the solar atmosphere is atomic lines, the solar spectrum also contains several strong molecular features. The most prominent among them are the CN violet system at about 380 nm and the CH G-band at about 430 nm. Interestingly, approximately a quarter of solar brightness variability on the timescale of the 11-year magnetic activity cycle comes from the molecular lines (Shapiro et al., 2015). The contribution of molecular lines to the spectrum increases for stars cooler than the Sun, and in the spectra of sunspots and pores, comparatively dark and hence cool concentrations of magnetic flux." (https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/ea ... ar-spectra)

The idea of molecular bonding at these temperatures is twisting my mind a bit tonight. The interatomic forces would have to exceed the thermal energy. And aren't we dealing with plasma? The electrons of the atoms should be history, leaving the atoms with a net positive charge. Why would they like one another enough to form a molecular bond? I suspect that molecular bonds under these conditions may be a bit different from what I learned about in high school chemistry.


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