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- Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:54 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Ripples around the Sun (APOD 6 Feb 2007)
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Ripples around the Sun
If you are refering to the ring style ripples at the solar limb, I would think that they might be layering in the solar photosphere (atmosphere)??? They do resemble the shell style layering of the Cats Eye Nebula seen here http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/skyimage_1932_37523625 as well as o...
- Tue Feb 06, 2007 2:26 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Ripples around the Sun (APOD 6 Feb 2007)
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Ripples around the Sun (APOD 6 Feb 2007)
Hello,
I'm new to this forum, but have been using APOD since 1998. On today's picture (Sun Storm: Mass Coronal Ejection, 6th Feb 2007) there are ripples close to the Sun's surface. What are these due to...or are they just imaging artefacts?
I'm new to this forum, but have been using APOD since 1998. On today's picture (Sun Storm: Mass Coronal Ejection, 6th Feb 2007) there are ripples close to the Sun's surface. What are these due to...or are they just imaging artefacts?