I'm sure it goes without saying, but just in case: DO NOT POINT A TELESCOPE AT THE SUN. Seriously, you'll go blind. My telescope is specifically designed to purge the intense heat generated by focusing the sun's energy into a single point.
This is a look at the sun's Chromsopshere, an atmospheric layer that sits above the Photosphere, the sun's "surface". It's furry because it's covered with plasma jets called spicules, and there's huge masses of plasma caught in magnetic fields called filaments and prominences. There's even several sunspots in this image!
mr-photo on December 28th, 2022 at 18:54 UTC »
this is insanely good
ajamesmccarthy on December 28th, 2022 at 18:55 UTC »
I'm sure it goes without saying, but just in case: DO NOT POINT A TELESCOPE AT THE SUN. Seriously, you'll go blind. My telescope is specifically designed to purge the intense heat generated by focusing the sun's energy into a single point.
This is a look at the sun's Chromsopshere, an atmospheric layer that sits above the Photosphere, the sun's "surface". It's furry because it's covered with plasma jets called spicules, and there's huge masses of plasma caught in magnetic fields called filaments and prominences. There's even several sunspots in this image!
I wrote a short article about how to safely observe/photograph the sun here if you are curious how I do this
terflit on December 28th, 2022 at 19:10 UTC »
So our sun is a painting by Van Gough?