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by Malde
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...
by Malde
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)
Replies: 7
Views: 2910

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?