Notes
Outline
Measuring the Astronomical Unit
Measuring the Sun
The Sun at different wavelengths
Parts of the Sun
Convection
Granulation in the Photosphere (visible surface)
The Sun’s Magnetic Field
Sunspots
Detailed Images of a Spot
The Chromosphere (hot layer above photosphere)
Chromospheric Structures
Views of the Corona
The real X-ray corona
Coronal loops
Prominences
Sometimes, the fields short out each other…
Flares are best seen in the chromosphere
Solar Shock Wave
Coronal Mass Ejections
The Sun-Earth Connection
Producing the “Aurorae”
Beautiful
Aurorae
The Magnetic Cycle of the Sun
The 22-year polarity reversal
The Magnetic Dynamo
Helioseismology
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