NASA On Air: Five-Day Solar Show (5/29/2015)
LEAD: During the middle of this month (May, 2015) the sun has put on a glorious light show.
- In this 5-day time lapse, every 6 seconds represents 24 hours.
- The bright, spindly strands that extend out of these active regions are particles spinning along magnetic field lines that connect between areas of opposite polarity (north and south poles).
- While the sun appears to rotating slowly, the speed at the sun's equator is over 4,000 miles per hour.
TAG: The temperature of the sun is almost 8,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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Producer
- Howard Joe Witte (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
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Video editor
- Joy Ng (USRA)
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This page was originally published on Friday, May 29, 2015.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:49 PM EDT.