This shot was taken by Andrew James McMarthy, an astronomer living in Arizona (USA). He shared his astrophotography catch recorded on September 24 on the social network. Reddit.

According to SpaceWeather.com, the explosion was not directed towards Earth, so no serious effects were recorded on our planet. According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the burst of plasma caused a G1 geomagnetic storm, the weakest storm on record.

However, according to AJ McCarthy, it was the largest plasma burst he had ever seen. First, a regular loop of plasma formed on the Sun’s surface, which then exploded and spewed it out into the vastness of space.

The photo of the plasma burst was color-corrected and constructed from hundreds of thousands of frames captured over 6 hours. 30 to 80 frames per second are recorded – the total file of this project takes up to 800 Gb.

In the photo, the Sun’s surface and coronal mass ejection appear orange, but in reality the Sun is neither yellow nor red: it is white. However, by applying certain filters such as hydrogen-alpha (hydrogen-alpha, H-alpha) to observing the Sun, the Sun can be seen in dramatic orange and red hues.

Correcting the sun, how Reddit AJMcCarthy explained in a commentary that special filters were used to highlight the texture of the Sun’s surface and the bursts of plasma. Meanwhile, the white glow around the sun and the deep dark background image of space are true colors.

Coronal mass explosions have recently become more frequent as the Sun has entered its active period, with its peak recurring approximately every 11 years.

Now, astronomers around the world are relishing the opportunity to capture the growing dimple, speckle, and speckle. Plasma The spitting sun.

However, the astronomer warned that observing and photographing the Sun should be done with extreme caution and only with the appropriate technique for solar observations: “Never point a telescope that is not adapted to the Sun. Burn your camcorder or worse, your eyes. Telescopes for observing the Sun are modified with special filters.

Earlier, AJ McCarthy and his colleague Connor Matheran captured an ultra-high-resolution image of the moon. The footage was combined with an astonishingly high-resolution image of the moon, allowing even the tiniest craters on the moon to be seen up close.

Also, astronomers capture other celestial bodies and print them on paper like paintings, and such astronomical artwork can be ordered from the website: https://cosmicbackground.io/

Sources:

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/light-wavelengths.html

https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/xngrpi/today_the_sun_produced_the_largest_coronal_mass/

https://www.livescience.com/million-mile-long-cme-image

https://www.spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=24&month=09&year=2022

https://www.reddit.com/user/Idontlikecock/