ARCHIVE · Login   · Main Index   · Search Observing >> Solar Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 rdjamieson Pooh-Bah Reged: 06/09/04 Posts: 1025 Loc: Wisconsin AWESOME Solar Flare Movie From NASA       #144114 - 07/09/04 01:29 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Check out this page for a few breathtaking mpegs recording the Halloween solar storms last year. The second one shows a time-lapse series of 17 solar flares, including the record-intensity coronal mass ejection on 11.4.03. Makes you thankful for the Van Allen belts and 93,000,000 miles of distance. Nasa site -------------------- Ray Jamieson RCX400 14" on Scopebuggy Burgess 127mm Post Extras:       Anonymous Unregistered Re: AWESOME Solar Flare Movie From NASA [Re: rdjamieson]       #145169 - 07/10/04 05:04 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   The particularly interesting part is about 1/3 of the way through the movie, where there is a "halo CME" (a coronal mass ejection that appears like an expanding halo or circle around the entire disk), and immediately the image gets extremely noisy. If it looks like something coming directly towards the camera and then hitting the camera and disrupting the image, that's because that's exactly what is happening. Check out the TRACE images and movies too: http://vestige.lmsal.com/TRACE/POD/TRACEpod.html You can really see the magnetic fields in these. I think movie 27 is reall cool, though many of the others (like Movie 39) are more dramatic. Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 0 registered and 7 anonymous users are browsing this forum. Moderator:  Don W, spaceydee  Print Thread Forum Permissions       You cannot start new topics       You cannot reply to topics       HTML is disabled       UBBCode is enabled Thread views: 506 Jump to *Announcements and News* -----   Cloudy Nights Announcements   Discussion of CN Articles, Reviews, and Reports   Beginners Forum   Celestial Events   Light Pollution*Equipment Discussions* -----   ATM, Optics and DIY Forum   Binoculars   Binoviewers   Cats & Casses   Classic Telescopes   Equipment   Eyepieces   Mounts   Observatories   Reflectors   Refractors    Celestron SkyScout and Meade mySky   Video and Electronically Assisted Astronomy*Astrophotography and Sketching* -----   Beginning Imaging   Film Astrophotography   DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & Processing   CCD Imaging & Processing   Solar System Imaging & Processing   Sketching   Astro Imaging/Sketching Contest *Observing* -----   General Observing   Planetary and Solar System Observing   Lunar Observing   Deep Sky Observing   Double Star Observing   Solar   Variable Star Observing and Radio Astronomy*Telescope Specific Forums* -----   Celestron NexStar    NexStar GPS / CPC Telescopes   Questar Forum   Meade ACF/RCX / LX / GPS    Meade ETX*Other* -----   Science of Astronomy & Space Exploration   Pets   Cloudy Days & Microscopes   Gardening   Audiophiliacs   Cameras & Photography   AstroWebsites*Speciality Forums* -----   AstroArt   Astronomy Software & Computers   Stellar Media   Astro Outreach, Clubs and Star Parties*CN Feedback and Vendor Announcements* -----   CloudyNights Feedback   Vendor and Group Announcements*International Year of Astronomy 2009 - Forums are now closed.* -----   Global Coordination   Cornerstone Projects   Special Projects   Special Task Groups   Global Activities   National and Regional Activities   IYA 2009 in Africa   IYA 2009 in the USA CN Forums Home

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