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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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Solar Stormwatch, the Royal Observatory, Greenwich
The Royal Observatory, Greenwich, RGO, has just had a Solar Season. A website has been set up by RGO and RAL (solarstormwatch.com) to enable the public to take part in the latest solar research using images from the STEREO observatories. Now the Sun is getting more active, you can learn how to spot and track solar storms.
Find out more in the Sun|trek sections about solar storms and their effect on the Earth's environment. |
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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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International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA)
In 2009 the world celebrated the International Year of Astronomy to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Galileo's use of a telescope to study the night sky. He also studied the Sun and sunspots.
For this celebration astronomers around the world will be inviting people like you, and your friends and family, to look up in wonder at the night sky, and to seek out answers to some of life's biggest questions.
Sun|trek has been recognised as an important resource about the Sun by the IYA team.
There is now a solar group of the IYA you can find out more at their website www.solarastronomy2009.org
Find out more about IYA activities in the UK |
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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 - April 12-16. 2010
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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