It is important to understand this “space weather” caused by the sun as it can affect power grids, satellites, GPS, airlines, rockets and astronauts working in space.
Daniel K. of the National Science Foundation. Inuyasha Solar Telescope, a new solar observatory based in Hawaii, has released its first image of the sun, capturing this activity with surprising details.
This image, taken on January 28, was the first of a new solar cycle. It was taken immediately after the Sun reached its final solar minimum surface in December 2019, when the Sun was less active and had fewer locations. Every 11 years, the sun completes one solar cycle and starts a new one.
The solar maximum of the current solar cycle – while activity peaks – is forecast to occur in mid-2025. The telescope’s 4-meter primary mirror will give the best view of the sun from Earth during this period of increasing activity on the sun’s surface.
“With the beginning of this solar cycle, we are also entering the era of the Inoy Solar Telescope,” said Matt Mountain, president of the Association Universities for Universities for Research in Research Stronomy, the National Solar Observatory and the organization that operates the Inoy Solar Telescope. One line.
“We can now direct the world’s most advanced solar telescope to obtain and share incredibly detailed images of the sun and add to our scientific understanding of the sun’s activity.”
During the solar cycle, the sun will move from a quiet period to a very intense and active one. This activity can be detected by calculating the sunspots on the sun and how many appear over time. During the peak of this activity, the sun’s magnetic poles flip. Then, the sun will rise quietly again during the solar minimum.
The new image is of the area of the sun, which is around 10,000 miles. The Inoy Solar Telescope said in a statement that while the sun is a small part of it, the solar system is large enough for the earth to sit comfortably inside.
Thomas Rimmel, associate director of the National Solar Observatory, said Sunspot has achieved 2.5 times higher spatial resolution than before, with magnetic structures showing as small as 20 kilometers above the sun’s surface.
The statement said that the sharp appearance of hot and cold gases emanating from the dark center is the result of sculpting by the combination of intense magnetic fields and boiling hot gases from below.
The concentration of the magnetic field in this dark region prevents the sun’s inner surface from reaching the surface. Although the black area of the sunspot is cooler than the area around the sun, it is still very hot with a temperature of 7,500 degrees Fahrenheit.
The telescope is located on the island of Maui in Hawaii and is the world’s largest optical solar telescope. Construction began in 2013 and will be completed in 2021.
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