标签: 日珥

怪兽般的日珥

2023年8月1日 Monster Solar Prominence Image Credit & Copyright: Mike Wenz Explanation: The monsters that live on the Sun are not like us. They are larger than the Earth and made of gas hotter than in any teapot. They have no eyes, but at times, many tentacles. They float. Usually, they slowly change shape and just fade back onto the Sun over about a month....

日愈活跃的太阳

2023年2月22日 Our Increasingly Active Sun Image Credit & Copyright: Mehmet Ergün Explanation: Our Sun is becoming a busy place. Only two years ago, the Sun was emerging from a solar minimum so quiet that months would go by without even a single sunspot. In contrast, already this year and well ahead of schedule, our Sun is unusually active, already nearing ...

太阳表面的长蛇状暗条

2022年9月13日 A Long Snaking Filament on the Sun Image Credit & Copyright: Alan Friedman (Averted Imagination) Explanation: Earlier this month, the Sun exhibited one of the longer filaments on record. Visible as the bright curving streak around the image center, the snaking filament’s full extent was estimated to be over half of the Sun’s radiu...

太阳西侧临边的条珥

2022年6月24日 Filaprom on the Western Limb Image Credit & Copyright: Martin Wise Explanation: A solar filament is an enormous stream of incandescent plasma suspended above the active surface of the Sun by looping magnetic fields. Seen against the solar disk it looks dark only because it’s a little cooler, and so slightly dimmer, than the solar photos...

形似埃菲尔铁塔的日珥

2022年2月16日 Eiffel Tower Prominence on the Sun Video Credit & Copyright: Hawk Wolinski Explanation: What’s that on the Sun? Although it may look like a flowing version of the Eiffel Tower, it is a solar prominence that is actually much bigger — about the height of Jupiter. The huge prominence emerged about ten days ago, hovered over the Sun&#...

SOHO卫星拍摄的日珥

2022年1月30日 A Solar Prominence from SOHO Image Credit: NASA, ESA, SOHO-EIT Consortium Explanation: How can gas float above the Sun? Twisted magnetic fields arching from the solar surface can trap ionized gas, suspending it in huge looping structures. These majestic plasma arches are seen as prominences above the solar limb. In 1999, this dramatic and detailed...

太空站、日珥与太阳

2021年05月04日 Space Station, Solar Prominences, Sun Image Credit & Copyright: Mehmet Ergün Explanation: That’s no sunspot. It’s the International Space Station (ISS) caught passing in front of the Sun. Sunspots, individually, have a dark central umbra, a lighter surrounding penumbra, and no Dragon capsules attached. By contrast, the ISS is a ...

镶日珥的半遮太阳

2020年11月2日 Half Sun with Prominence Image Credit & Copyright: Rainee Colacurcio Explanation: What’s happening to the Sun? Clearly, the Sun’s lower half is hidden behind a thick cloud. Averaging over the entire Earth, clouds block the Sun about 2/3rds of the time, although much less over many land locations. On the Sun’s upper right is ...