An astronomer has captured a beautiful image of a huge cloud of solar particles. According to the photographer, theCME extended into space to a distance of more than one million miles from the sun's surface.
The image was taken by Andrew McCarthy, a professional astronomer and Arizona resident, and he shared it on the internet. According to SpaceWeather.com, the CME was part of a small solar storm that was pointed away from Earth.
McCarthy wrote that the ethereal ejection was the biggest he had ever seen. After being contained in a large loop connected to the sun's surface, the plasma broke off and flew into the sky.
There is a question about whether a solar storm could destroy Earth.
McCarthy wrote that the photo is a false-color image that stacks hundreds of thousands of images. Between 30 and 80 individual images were captured every second and then stored in a file that eventually reached 800 gigabytes. The images were combined to show the event in its full glory.
The sun's surface is orange in the photo, but they are not. There is a type of light that looks red to us and is known as hydrogen-alpha, or H- alpha, light. The images were almost completely white because of the short exposure time. McCarthy added an orange to the final image to give a contrast to the structures on the solar surface and to highlight the center of mass.
The sun has a white halo that stands out against the dark background of space.
The sun has entered a period of increased solar activity known as the solar maximum, which lasts around seven years and has led to a rise in the number of CMEs. There will be more opportunities for people to take pictures.
As we head further into solar maximum, we will see more of these. He said the plumes are likely to get bigger.
People shouldn't try to observe the sun without proper equipment.
McCarthy advised against pointing a telescope at the sun. You will either fry your camera or your eyes. He said that the telescope he used to take the pictures was modified with multiple filters in order to capture the images.
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