Staring at the Sun, from Sunspot New Mexico. Tag @SunspotSolarObs with your own pictures and tweets about our nearest star.
New Mexico, USA
Joined September 2016
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Sunspot Solar Observatory is transitioning back to regular operations as of September 17th Read AURA's full statement here: ow.ly/LeLw50iRynb @NSF @SunspotSolarObs
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Update: The EVE sounding rocket successfully launched at 1 p.m. local time on Monday, June 18, from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico! 🚀 The payload deployed successfully and was retrieved following parachute landing. go.nasa.gov/2HRLt3k
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NSO's #DKIST primary mirror has been successfully aluminized! The very thin (about a thousandth the thickness of a human hair) aluminum coating will provide a highly reflective surface for collecting precious photons.
Wonder how it's done?: eclipse2017.nso.edu/dkist-m1…
#NSFscience
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Our Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite caught this view of an active region on the Sun on May 30-June 1! Note the Earth scale inset below the active region — the longest of the magnetic loops extend about 10 times the diameter of Earth. go.nasa.gov/2sKAu6d
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William Shatner's Name Will Boldly Go to the Sun on NASA Probe (with 1.1 Million Others) goo.gl/C4nkvP
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#FlashbackFriday all the way to 1630, when German mathematician Christoph Scheiner used this instrument to observe sunspots
#StandOnTheShouldersOfGiants
#FBF #SolarAstronomy #Solar
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New #SpaceWeatherWoman forecast video is up! See how far south #aurora reached during the recent #solarstorm, learn why #emergency communications, #hamradio, & #GPS improve this week, & what is in store. Special thanks to @ChrisOutofSpace & @SpaceWxMike! youtu.be/egsgNHmO4U4
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What’s a safe distance between us and a supernova? bit.ly/2wvezFs
Our sun won't become a supernova. But how many potentially exploding stars are located within an unsafe distance?
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.@NASASun's Solar Dynamics Observatory saw a coronal hole on the Sun on May 2-4. Coronal holes — a common occurrence on the Sun — are areas of open magnetic field from which high speed solar wind rushes out into space. Take a look: go.nasa.gov/2wx39B9