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- Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:52 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: An Active Sunspot Viewed Sideways (2007 Apr 02)
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An Active Sunspot Viewed Sideways (APOD 2 April 2007)
Of particular interest is erupting glowing gas that shows how the Sun's magnetic field comes right out of the spot center, but curves markedly around the spot edges. Seems logical to me. The mass ejected from the center is at the highest velocity and goes directly away from the sun, while the other...