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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- The Sun Rotating ;
NASA ^ | March 12, 2014 | (see photo credit)

Posted on 03/12/2014 6:38:42 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

Explanation: Does the Sun change as it rotates? Yes, and the changes can vary from subtle to dramatic. In the above time-lapse sequences, our Sun -- as imaged by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory -- is shown rotating though the entire month of January. In the large image on the left, the solar chromosphere is depicted in ultraviolet light, while the smaller and lighter image to its upper right simultaneously shows the more familiar solar photosphere in visible light. The rest of the inset six Sun images highlight X-ray emission by relatively rare iron atoms located at different heights of the corona, all false-colored to accentuate differences. The Sun takes just under a month to rotate completely -- rotating fastest at the equator. A large and active sunspot region rotates into view soon after the video starts. Subtle effects include changes in surface texture and the shapes of active regions. Dramatic effects include numerous flashes in active regions, and fluttering and erupting prominences visible all around the Sun's edge. This year our Sun is near its Solar maximum activity of its 11-year magnetic cycle. As the video ends, the same large and active sunspot region previously mentioned rotates back into view, this time looking differently.

March 12, 2014

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; maunderminimum; science
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To: cripplecreek

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swuVgQU1-DY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQZKskK3ofA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsgKb6z0Zxs


21 posted on 03/12/2014 8:28:53 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Starstruck


22 posted on 03/12/2014 9:50:52 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: cripplecreek

love the theme to that movie... movie is pretty good too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1MCjP1kFXc


23 posted on 03/12/2014 9:53:26 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: Chode

Bodies in the solar system tend to rotate about an axis parallel to the sun’s axis, and in the same direction. Neptune is a big exception, and there is much theorizing as to why.

Of course, the general phenomenon is taken to be a result of the formation of the solar system from a rotating disk.

I don’t believe other nearby stellar systems are thought to share the rotational orientation of the Solar system. That’s an interesting question though.


24 posted on 03/12/2014 9:57:55 PM PDT by dr_lew
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To: dr_lew
that was my thought if similarly formed systems behaved similarly in their rotation
25 posted on 03/12/2014 10:03:04 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: Chode

When you look at “stellar nurseries” such as the famous Hubble Eagle Nebula shot, there seems to be quite a bit of turbulence, I guess you could call it, with swirls of various orientations. I don’t think the galactic rotation is imparted to these swirls in the same way the presumed proto-solar system imparted its rotation to the planets. This would be because the galactic scale is so huge, and the stars are imbedded in a thickness much greater than the size of a planetary system.

Just my own musings!


26 posted on 03/12/2014 10:18:03 PM PDT by dr_lew
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To: SunkenCiv

I have the impulse to be a spelling/grammar Nazi, but don’t act on it because I’m sure I’ll screw up my own spelling/grammar whilst correcting others! So I suffer in silence. LOL


27 posted on 03/13/2014 1:03:16 AM PDT by cydcharisse (`)
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To: dr_lew
well put musings at that
28 posted on 03/13/2014 2:57:44 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: cydcharisse
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29 posted on 03/13/2014 4:34:28 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: dr_lew; Chode

I think you mean Uranus is the exception — its axis of rotation is nearly in the ecliptic, while its system of moons is pretty much normal. Neptune’s basically normal but has a wild group of moons.


30 posted on 03/13/2014 4:36:45 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

Check.


31 posted on 03/13/2014 4:58:10 PM PDT by dr_lew
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To: SunkenCiv
did you say... wild Moon???

oh, you said wild BUNCH of moons... nevermind

32 posted on 03/13/2014 4:59:16 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: TigersEye

Silly, ya go at night.


33 posted on 03/13/2014 5:55:35 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

But I thought ya go during an eclipse!


34 posted on 03/13/2014 5:58:41 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Not if you’re afraid of the dark! ;^P


35 posted on 03/13/2014 6:05:00 PM PDT by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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