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The Sun is our Star!

.......and as you would expect, our Star is hot, bright, dynamic, and sometimes quite violent.

At 93 million miles away, we are ideally placed at a point where the Sun provides just enough warmth and energy essential to our living planet, Earth.
At only 93 million miles, the Sun is close enough for us to view it's surface thru a relatively inexpensive scope from the comfort and relative safety (Sunscreen please) of our backyards on a clear and warm day.

What! Astronomy during the day? Lunt Solar wants to show you how.

References

Prominences:
These look like eruptions from the edge of the Solar disk. Prominences can be small spikey looking details, or large cloud-like detail with fine feather-like features.

They are, in fact, ionized Hydrogen-alpha emissions being projected from the linb.

Prominences are anchored to the Sun's surface in the Mesosphere, and extend outward into the Sun's Troposhere.
They typically measure many earth diameters.

Filaments:
These are strin-like features on the surface of the Sun.

At high resultion they take on a 3D effect due to the coller aspect of the suspended filament contrasted against the bright, hotter Sun.

They are actually prominences being viewed against the surface.

Spicules
A Spicule is a dynamic jet of gas about 500km long.
They move outward at about 20km/second thru the Chromosphere.

Father Angelo Secchi of the Vatican Observatory discovered them in 1877.

The Chromosphere is entirely composed of Spicules. These features can be seen as "fur"around the edge of the disk.


There's definately stuff to look at :)

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HOLA FROM PERU!! (Part 3)
January 22nd, 2010
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We have a small office in the city of Pucallpa.

It is about a 30 to 45 minute drive and about half the drive is dirt road.

I take a motokar into to work everyday. We go thru a couple other towns on the way in and see some beautiful views of jungle.

Sometimes we see some pretty weird views like this motokar carrying chickens. Yes they are alive. 

Our office is small but it has a phone and internet connection which is all I need.

This is where I am when you are talking to me. So give me a call or drop me and email if you have any questions.

More updates from Peru soon.

Ciao, Rikki Hocking

About Lunt Solar Systems LLC…

Lunt Solar Systems is a manufacturing and sales facility located in Tucson, Arizona. Lunt Solar design, fabricate, assemble, and test solar telescopes and solar filters. Whether you are looking for a dedicated solar telescope or a solar filter for attachment to you own astronomy telescope, we can help. Solar telescopes models start at $499 for an LS35T (telescope) or the LS50F (filter) all the way thru the 152T and the 160F. Solar observing is both fun and educational. Don’t miss out on Solar Maximum. Feel free to contact us with question or comments and we’d be happy to help.

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One Response to “HOLA FROM PERU!! (Part 3)”

  1. Stephen Ramsden Says:
    February 1st, 2010 at 12:39 am

    Rikki,

    That is such a cool story. The chickens are weirding me out though. I also noticed the old school Coca Cola bottle. Is it flavored differently than in the US?

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