The Solar System – Amateur Astronomers Association

Category: The Solar System

Our Tempestuous Sun: Part 3

ur Sun’s Invisible Magnetic Fields – Previously, we learned that the stirring and convection of ultra-heated plasma in our Sun’s inner layers – the solar

Alice Charles September 1, 2023

ASE 2023: The Anti-Total Solar Eclipse

AS we look forward to the Great North American Eclipse of 2024, I can’t help being struck by the similarities of another solar eclipse that

Tom Haeberle August 1, 2023

Our Tempestuous Sun, Part 2.

Our tempermental and stormy sun, forged from a violent birth, is an electrically charged ball of gas, called plasma, with three inner and outer layers.

Alice Charles August 1, 2023

The Saros and the Solar Eclipse

In the space odyssey and forgotten sequel film, 2010: The Year We Make Contact, our lost astronaut, Dave Bowman, now an incorporeal being, re-appears on

Tom Haeberle July 1, 2023

Our Tempestuous Sun

How Did Our Sun Form and What Is It Made Of? Earth’s Sun had a violent birth. It formed from a solar nebula – a

Alice Charles July 1, 2023

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