... 2004 July 26 . A Large Active Region Crosses the Sun . ... Explanation: An unexpectedly large sunspot region is now crossing the Sun. The active region is home to rivers of hot plasma , explosive flares , strong magnetic fields , a powerful Coronal Mass Ejection (CME), and a sunspot group so large it can be seen by the protected eye without magnification. In fact, this region appears larger than Venus did when it crossed the Sun last month. ... About APOD | ...

... Dark Filament of the Sun . ... Credit: NASA / Goddard / SDO AIA Team Explanation: Suspended by magnetic fields above a solar active region this dark filament stretches over 40 earth-diameters . ... Publications with keywords: filament - active region - magnetic field - extreme ultraviolet . Publications with words: filament - active region - magnetic field - extreme ultraviolet . ... Hubble Remix: Active Galaxy NGC 1275 . ... Active Region 1002 on an Unusually Quiet Sun . ...

... The TRACE images may be used without restrictions in publications of any kind. ... These two images, taken on 18 November 2000 at 15:54UT and 16:11UT, respectively, show such an event: the red circle in the image to the left shows a region where many loops are cooling, with bright loop tops (the intensity scales with the square root of the image to reduce the dynamic range). ... See also a collection of images related to the Sun, other cool stars, and solar-terrestrial effects . ... Images | ...

Nowadays at the Department the experimental and theoretical investigations, including astronomical and ionospheric observations, active experiments with space vehicles are taking place. ... Solar Corona physics and erruptive phenomenae. ... Stellar astronomy. ... The Department has organized and put into practice more then 50 expeditions for observation of Solar ecllipces, aurorae polaris, comets, meteor streams, controlled space experiments, and also for investigations of geophysical characteristics. ...

... 1993: . Based on the microwave observations of the Sun on the RATAN-600 and the Large Pulkovo Radio Telescope with high spatial and frequency resolution a new model of interaction of the photospheric and coronal magnetic fields in active regions was finalized. ... Archive . ...

... A database on solar active regions has been implemented in IDL (Interactive Data Language). ... Full-disk 17 GHz radio maps produced by the Nobeyama Radioheliograph provide the basis for the database. Researchers of solar activity often need to access solar active region data. ... So far, we have created an IDL-based database on daily active region data from 1992 July 1 to 1994 December 31 (NOAA 7213 thru NOAA 7821) 2 . ... number of active regions visible on the disk; . ... IDL 1 . ...

... WFPC2 Home . ... Bright stars near the WFPC2 field of view can cause various artifacts to appear in science images. ... When writing Phase II proposals, observers will sometimes attempt to avoid bright stars by placing them in the un-imaged "L" shaped region adjacent to CCD PC1, or in the region just outside the nominal field of view. ... In both cases the optics can image this light back onto the CCD's. Bright stars must be placed at least 10 arcseconds outside the field to avoid artifacts. ...

... Pre-university education . ... Samara region . SSAU History . SSAU roadmap . ... Samara State Aerospace University (SSAU) will take an active part in the work of space activities of the United Nations organization (UNO). ... The road map shape on inclusion of Samara University into implementation of the UN Program on Space Applications was outlined at the roundtable discussion with the University teachers and specialists and at the meeting with SSAU Rector Yevgeniy Shakhmatov. ...

... 368, 2007 Petr Heinzel, Ivan Dorotovi and Robert J. Rutten, eds. c Some Structural Prop erties of Solar Magnetic Fields B. Ioshpa, E. Mogilevskii and V. Obridko IZMIRAN, Troitsk, Moscow Region, Russia Abstract. We discuss some results of the study of spatial characteristics of solar magnetic fields. ... The global fractal numbers of space distribution of magnetic field on solar surface is closely connected with the mean absolute values of the longitudinal magnetic field for this surface. ...

... The large field size of UIT is ideal for studies of globular clusters. ... Very metal poor clusters are conducive for the formation of very hot horizontal branch stars which radiate most of that energy in the UV part of the spectrum. ... M31 is the nearest large spiral galaxy to us. ... These are small dwarf galaxies and NGC 205 is a bit unusual because it still has retained some gas for star formation despite its low mass. M33 is an actively star forming spiral galaxy in the local group. ...

... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . ... The magnetic field line structure is shown in the same way as in Fig. ... Observations of many active regions show a slow systematic outflow/upflow from their edges lasting from hours to days. ... The magnetic field contains several null points located well above the photosphere, with their fan planes dividing the mag- netic field into independent open and closed flux domains. ...

... X CB (X) Opening of a set X by a disk B. Closing of a set X by a disk B. Science-Driven Feature Selection (a) (b) Mount Wilson Classification The Mount Wilson classification scheme groups sunspots into four classes based on the complexity of magnetic flux distribution in associated active regions [1]: class : groups dominated by a single unipolar sunspot class : a pair of sunspots of opposite magnetic ... Convex hulls are utilized to measure polarity mixture in (j). ...

e-mail: podgorny@inasan.ru . Institute of Astronomy RAS . ... Spectrum of solar flare protons // Journ. ... The active region magnetic flux correlation with flare appearance. ... Podgorny A. I., Podgorny I. M. Solar Flare Numerical Magnetohydrodynamic Simulation and Solar Flare Model. ... Podgorny A. I., Podgorny I. M. MHD simulation of magnetic field configuration above the active region NOAA. ... Podgorny I. М., Podgorny A. I. The active region magnetic field association with solar flares. ...

... Sun images . ... Sun flares . ... Active areas . September : 2015 . ... The following regions with sunspots can be now observed on the Sun's surface . Group number . ... Group length (in degrees) . ... Coordinates and other characteristics of active regions are issued for September 09, 2015 00:31 UT The following H-alpha plages without spots can be currently observed on the Sun's surface . ... Coordinates and other characteristics of active regions are issued for September 09, 2015 00:31 UT . ...

... The GALFA Continuum Transit Survey group ( GALFACTS ; PI: A. R. Taylor) has conducted several test observations and will begin an all-sky full-Stokes continuum survey later this year with the new P-ALFA spectrometer. ... Sample Perseus images of GALFA H I 21cm-line and full-Stokes continuum emission are shown below along with maps of molecular (CO) gas, thermal dust, and ionized gas optical emission for comparison. ... The GALFA H I emission appears to envelop the molecular cloud gas traced by CO. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Bitesize Astronomy . ... Last week's Snack talked about how black holes can affect the environment around them in such a way as to be very bright . ... It's a common misconception that black holes always have matter swirling into them. ... As this matter gets closer and closer to the black hole it piles up and a large, fairly flat disk forms. This is called the accretion disk , because matter from this disk accretes (that is, falls in) on the black hole. ... 2008 Phil Plait. ...

... The are two main sources of magnetospheric electric fields. The other is the solar wind related, dawn-to-dusk directed ("convection") field, and the other is the co-rotation electric field related to the rotation of the Earth along its spin axis. The electric fields have a strong effect on the drift paths of the magnetospheric plasma . ... The energetic particles, following the magnetic drifts more readily, are also affected by the convection field. ... Space Physics Text Book of Oulu ...

ATNF Home . ... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Australia Telescope User Committee . ... Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory . ... Parkes radio telescope . Australia Telescope Compact Array . Mopra radio telescope . ... Information & tools for observers . ... Australia Telescope Online Archive (ATOA) . ... ATCA | ... Visiting Parkes radio telescope . ... Parkes radio telescope webcam . ... The Australia Telescope National Facility Colloquium . ...

... Basic Research results General information Main characteristics of the Radio telescope Observing programs General view of the antenna array Main research areas Principle of generation of radio images Radio telescope's beam Receiving systems Main characteristics of the base receiving-recording complex Calibrations Data archive and databases Publication of data Possibilities of observing the structure and dynamics of microwave activity SSRT - Research results . ...

... Energy . ... Solar Wind . ... Field . ... The Sun is our nearest star and the source of energy for life on Earth. ... For centuries astronomers wondered whether they were clouds floating in the Sun's atmosphere, but we now know that they really are huge regions of magnetic field, about as intense as the field at the poles of an iron magnet. For some reason the field slows down the flow of heat from the Sun's interior and keeps sunspots slightly cooler than their surroundings. ... Solar Eclipses . ...