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Photo credit: Bjørn Jørgensen |
The Sun gets active with X-class solar flares
September 2011 has been an active month for the Sun.
Having already unleashed two X-flares since Sept. 22nd, sunspot Active Region (AR) 1302 appears to be ready for more action, and is so large that 10 Earths could fit side by side across it.
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Mike Cripps 1959-2011
It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the sudden and untimely death of Mike Cripps. He was an inspirational teacher and a passionate amateur astronomer. He worked with us on Sun|trek and contributed many of the educational resources.
A full obituary, published in Astronomy and Geophysics, can be downloaded here. |
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The Sun shines on Glastonbury
'Wow, that's amazing!' - Sunshine at Glastonbury, yes, but they were actually talking about seeing the Sun through an H-alpha telescope.
Sometimes as astronomers we forget the thrill of looking through a telescope for the first time, but this is what happened at the Festival this year. We also had the night-time telescopes out to look at the beautiful full Moon. A double whammy for some was to see both to see the Sun and the Moon within a few hours of each other.
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Safe observations of the Sun with small telescopes
A new section has been added to the Sun|trek site to provide a guide to amateur astronomers who want to observe the Sun and also to teachers who would like to carry out some solar astronomy at school.
The first question one might ask is “Why observe the Sun?” For a start, the Sun is our local star and it is always changing. It can be observed during that daytime, which is a distinct advantage for school projects and clubs. The Sun can be observed at any time during the year, providing of course that it is not cloudy.
Find out more in the new Sun|trek section Observing the Sun safely |
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STEREO
The STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory) mission is providing spectacular 3D movies of the Sun. STEREO was successfully launched on a Delta-2 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on October, 26th 2006.
Read more about Stereo
Visit the New STEREO section on Sun|trek! |
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Hinode – SolarB
Solar-B was launched successfully on 22 September 2006 from the Uchinoura Space Centre in southern Japan. It is now called ‘Hinode’, the Japanese for ‘sunrise’.
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IHY
International Heliophysical Year (IHY) celebrates 50 years of space exploration with a worldwide programme of scientific research and outreach events based around the Sun and its effects on the Solar System. It is an initiative from the United Nations. International Heliophsyical Year was launched on 19th February 2007
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Solar Week - October 17-21 2011
Activities for schools, teachers and students.
Get answers to your questions about the Sun and interact live with scientists.
Find out more at solarweek.org |
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