This Is Sharpest Ever Image Of The Sun Taken From 14 Crore Kilometres And It's Simply Amazing
With the help of the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii, we're able to look at the depths of the Sun's surface, unravelling mysteries on a whole new level, 93 million miles away.
Earth is nothing without the sun -- something that we've been studying in our science classes since school days. Sun, the 'hot ball of fire' that gives warmth and light to our planet, and without it, life on our planet would perish.
Scientists have managed to capture the beautiful star in the past, and it has given them enough data to learn about this brightly lit celestial object behaves, but it isn¡¯t enough.
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However now, with the help of the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii, we're able to look at the depths of the Sun's surface, unravelling mysteries on a whole new level, 93 million miles away.
The images captured by the telescope (that look awfully similar to a peanut chikki) are one of the sharpest and most detailed version of the sun that we¡¯ve ever seen. The images reveal patterns in the plasma that makes the Sun.
The star is covered in various cell-like structures -- each as large as the state of Texas in the United States, or double the size of the state of Maharashtra. These cells are products of the violent convection motions that transfer heat up from underneath the surface of the Sun.
In every cell, the hot plasma comes up in the bright centre, cools off and sinks back in, forming dark-coloured lanes, as spotted in the satellite image.
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According to the foundation director France Cordova, ¡°Since the National Science Foundation began work on this ground-based telescope, we have eagerly awaited the first images. The Inouye Solar Telescope will be able to map the magnetic fields within the sun's corona, where solar eruptions occur that can impact life on Earth. This telescope will improve our understanding of what drives space weather and ultimately help forecasters better predict solar storms.¡±
This telescope¡¯s capability of capturing such imagery will help scientists in better understanding the harmful activities of the sun -- like solar storms -- and help us be more prepared to develop appropriate protection.
ISRO is also working on a satellite that they're going to send to the surface of the sun. Dubbed as Aditya L1 mission, the satellite will study the sun's corona -- the outer layer that extends to hundreds of thousands of kilometres.
