What is a solar cycle? Glad you asked. Also known as the solar magnetic activity cycle, it’s a cycle that regulates activities and structures on the Sun. Astronomers measure solar cycles by documenting the number of sunspots on the surface of the Sun. It’s an advanced system. Counting black dots on the Sun. And to [...]
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The Sun, Space Shuttle Atlantis and Hubble Space Telescope Pictured Together for the First Time
This is the sun. It looks like a typical photograph of the sun…until you look a little closer. Astrophotographer Thierry Legault took one of the most amazing pictures I have ever seen. In the lower left quadrant you can see a black spot. That black spot is actually the Space Shuttle Atlantis. If you zoom [...]
May 15, 2009 by Kerry Dean | 0 Comments
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