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APOD: Sunspot with Light Bridge (2023 May 17)
Posted: Wed May 17, 2023 4:08 am
by APOD Robot
Sunspot with Light Bridge
Explanation: Why would a small part of the Sun appear slightly dark? Visible is a close-up picture of
sunspots, depressions on the Sun's surface that are
slightly cooler and less bright than the rest of the Sun. The Sun's complex
magnetic field creates these cool regions by inhibiting hot material from entering the spots.
Sunspots can be larger than the Earth and typically last for about a week. Part of active region AR
3297 crossing the
Sun in early May, the large lower sunspot is spanned by an impressive
light bridge of hot and suspended solar gas. This high-resolution picture also shows clearly that the
Sun's surface is a bubbling carpet of separate cells of hot gas. These cells are known as
granules. A
solar granule is about 1000 kilometers across and
lasts for only about 15 minutes.
Re: APOD: Sunspot with Light Bridge (2023 May 17)
Posted: Wed May 17, 2023 6:16 am
by VictorBorun
the bridge is connecting the main subject with the minor dark spot at 7 o'clock, is not it?
Therefore the two spots must be two eyes of a single long-living coil mostly lurking under the surface.
I wonder if such coils survive 11+11 years of sinking deep at equator down through the convection layer and then going up again in high latitudes…
Re: APOD: Sunspot with Light Bridge (2023 May 17)
Posted: Wed May 17, 2023 10:58 am
by Rauf
APOD Robot wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2023 4:08 am
Sunspot with Light Bridge
Explanation: Why would a small part of the Sun appear slightly dark? Visible is a close-up picture of
sunspots, depressions on the Sun's surface that are
slightly cooler and less bright than the rest of the Sun. The Sun's complex
magnetic field creates these cool regions by inhibiting hot material from entering the spots.
Sunspots can be larger than the Earth and typically last for about a week. Part of active region AR
3297 crossing the
Sun in early May, the large lower sunspot is spanned by an impressive
light bridge of hot and suspended solar gas. This high-resolution picture also shows clearly that the
Sun's surface is a bubbling carpet of separate cells of hot gas. These cells are known as
granules. A
solar granule is about 1000 kilometers across and
lasts for only about 15 minutes.
What is the relation between the number of starspots with their surface temperature? Do hotter, more blue stars get them more or less? Or is it not related at all?
Re: APOD: Sunspot with Light Bridge (2023 May 17)
Posted: Wed May 17, 2023 3:35 pm
by johnnydeep
Rauf wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2023 10:58 am
APOD Robot wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2023 4:08 am
Sunspot with Light Bridge
Explanation: Why would a small part of the Sun appear slightly dark? Visible is a close-up picture of
sunspots, depressions on the Sun's surface that are
slightly cooler and less bright than the rest of the Sun. The Sun's complex
magnetic field creates these cool regions by inhibiting hot material from entering the spots.
Sunspots can be larger than the Earth and typically last for about a week. Part of active region AR
3297 crossing the
Sun in early May, the large lower sunspot is spanned by an impressive
light bridge of hot and suspended solar gas. This high-resolution picture also shows clearly that the
Sun's surface is a bubbling carpet of separate cells of hot gas. These cells are known as
granules. A
solar granule is about 1000 kilometers across and
lasts for only about 15 minutes.
What is the relation between the number of starspots with their surface temperature? Do hotter, more blue stars get them more or less? Or is it not related at all?
Very interesting question. I don't know the answer, but whatever the science may say, it would be difficult to prove it without being able to image the surfaces of stars other than our Sun in much more detail that is currently possible. Simulations would still be possible though, and could be revealing.
Re: APOD: Sunspot with Light Bridge (2023 May 17)
Posted: Wed May 17, 2023 3:44 pm
by VictorBorun
johnnydeep wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2023 3:35 pm
Rauf wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2023 10:58 am
APOD Robot wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2023 4:08 am
Sunspot with Light Bridge
Explanation: Why would a small part of the Sun appear slightly dark? Visible is a close-up picture of
sunspots, depressions on the Sun's surface that are
slightly cooler and less bright than the rest of the Sun. The Sun's complex
magnetic field creates these cool regions by inhibiting hot material from entering the spots.
Sunspots can be larger than the Earth and typically last for about a week. Part of active region AR
3297 crossing the
Sun in early May, the large lower sunspot is spanned by an impressive
light bridge of hot and suspended solar gas. This high-resolution picture also shows clearly that the
Sun's surface is a bubbling carpet of separate cells of hot gas. These cells are known as
granules. A
solar granule is about 1000 kilometers across and
lasts for only about 15 minutes.
What is the relation between the number of starspots with their surface temperature? Do hotter, more blue stars get them more or less? Or is it not related at all?
Very interesting question. I don't know the answer, but whatever the science may say, it would be difficult to prove it without being able to image the surfaces of stars other than our Sun in much more detail that is currently possible. Simulations would still be possible though, and could be revealing.
maybe comet-like features in planetary nebulas are related to coils that were in the convection area that got blown off and maybe the spots are just the coils in the convection area that surfaced and have not sink again yet
Re: APOD: Sunspot with Light Bridge (2023 May 17)
Posted: Wed May 17, 2023 3:49 pm
by Chris Peterson
VictorBorun wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2023 3:44 pm
johnnydeep wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2023 3:35 pm
Rauf wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2023 10:58 am
What is the relation between the number of starspots with their surface temperature? Do hotter, more blue stars get them more or less? Or is it not related at all?
Very interesting question. I don't know the answer, but whatever the science may say, it would be difficult to prove it without being able to image the surfaces of stars other than our Sun in much more detail that is currently possible. Simulations would still be possible though, and could be revealing.
maybe comet-like features in planetary nebulas are related to coils that were in the convection area that got blown off and maybe the spots are just the coils in the convection area that surfaced and have not sink again yet
I doubt there is any structure in planetary nebulas related to any stellar structures. I think they are too much of big mixers, and any such thing would rapidly be lost to chaotic motion.
Re: APOD: Sunspot with Light Bridge (2023 May 17)
Posted: Wed May 17, 2023 5:57 pm
by orin stepanek
The granules remind me of shelled corn!
![Mr. Green :mrgreen:](./images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
Re: APOD: Sunspot with Light Bridge (2023 May 17)
Posted: Wed May 17, 2023 11:40 pm
by Fred the Cat
Makes me wonder what would a solar granule look like if viewed
horizontally.
Flat with
ripples?
![Neutral :-|](./images/smilies/icon_neutral.gif)
Re: APOD: Sunspot with Light Bridge (2023 May 17)
Posted: Thu May 18, 2023 3:35 am
by Ann
Wow, Fred, your first link leads to a fantastic video of solar granulation!
Ann
Re: APOD: Sunspot with Light Bridge (2023 May 17)
Posted: Thu May 18, 2023 11:37 am
by Rauf
johnnydeep wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2023 3:35 pm
Rauf wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2023 10:58 am
APOD Robot wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2023 4:08 am
Sunspot with Light Bridge
Explanation: Why would a small part of the Sun appear slightly dark? Visible is a close-up picture of
sunspots, depressions on the Sun's surface that are
slightly cooler and less bright than the rest of the Sun. The Sun's complex
magnetic field creates these cool regions by inhibiting hot material from entering the spots.
Sunspots can be larger than the Earth and typically last for about a week. Part of active region AR
3297 crossing the
Sun in early May, the large lower sunspot is spanned by an impressive
light bridge of hot and suspended solar gas. This high-resolution picture also shows clearly that the
Sun's surface is a bubbling carpet of separate cells of hot gas. These cells are known as
granules. A
solar granule is about 1000 kilometers across and
lasts for only about 15 minutes.
What is the relation between the number of starspots with their surface temperature? Do hotter, more blue stars get them more or less? Or is it not related at all?
Very interesting question. I don't know the answer, but whatever the science may say, it would be difficult to prove it without being able to image the surfaces of stars other than our Sun in much more detail that is currently possible. Simulations would still be possible though, and could be revealing.
I couldn't find a good answer in web as well. Many mysteries are left to be solved
![:) :ssmile:](./images/smilies/smile.gif)