It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words, but this picture is worth a whole saga. Researchers now have the first detailed image of the Sun’s chromosphere. The credit for this goes to Daniel K., the world’s most powerful solar telescope. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST).
The newly released image captures an 82,000-km-wide region of the crust just above the Sun’s atmosphere. Capturing the chromosphere is a feat in itself because, like the Sun’s atmosphere, also known as the corona, the chromosphere is difficult to see. This is because the light from the Sun’s photosphere usually overpowers the light from the chromosphere.
a delegation of @nsf And @AURADC Leaders, congressional dignitaries, and members of the scientific and Native Hawaiian communities recently celebrated its opening. #InouyeSolarTelescope – Including the release of two new images of our Sun! https://t.co/dsTzFWZnkp
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The image captured by DKIST will help researchers gain insight into various aspects of the star at the center of our solar system that also affects planet Earth. It will present itself as an amazing breakthrough in the field of solar physics.
Speaking about the possibilities that come with the DKIST image, Sethuraman Panchanathan, Director of the National Science Foundation, said in a statement, “NSF’s Inouye Solar Telescope is the world’s most powerful solar telescope that will help us find ways to find and understand our Sun. Its insights will change how our country and planet predict and prepare for events like solar storms.”
The image was the result of an effort by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), which, under the auspices of the NSF, used DKIST to capture the first image of the Sun’s chromosphere. “With the world’s largest solar telescope now in science operations, we are grateful to everyone who made this remarkable facility possible,” said Matt Mountain, president of Aura.
With the image now under investigation, the researchers will primarily focus on space weather, solar flares and coronal mass ejections that substantially affect various elements on Earth. The image emerged at a ripe time when the Sun’s eleven-year solar cycle is gaining momentum and is on an upward trajectory.
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