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The Sun in Action

THE SUN 

Why We Study the Sun 
The Big Questions 
Magnetism - The Key 

SOLAR STRUCTURE 

The Interior 
The Photosphere 
The Chromosphere 
The Transition Region 
The Corona 
The Solar Wind 
The Heliosphere 

SOLAR FEATURES 

Photospheric Features 
Chromospheric Features 
Coronal Features 
Solar Wind Features 

THE SUN IN ACTION 

The Sunspot Cycle 
Solar Flares 
Post Flare Loops 
Coronal Mass Ejections 
Surface and Interior Flows 
Helioseismology 

The MSFC Solar Group 

The People
Their Papers 

RESEARCH AREAS 

Flare Mechanisms 
3D Magnetic Fields 
The Solar Dynamo 
Sunspot Cycle Predictions 
Coronal Heating 
Solar Wind Dynamics 

PREVIOUS PROJECTS 

Orbiting Solar Observatories 
Skylab 
Solar Maximum Mission 
SpaceLab 2
MSSTA 
The GOES SXI Instruments 
Yohkoh

CURRENT PROJECTS 

MSFC Tower Magnetograph 
MSFC Dome Magnetograph 
The RHESSI Mission 
The Ulysses Mission 
The GONG Project 
The SOHO Mission 
The TRACE Mission 
The Sun in Time (EPO) 

FUTURE PROJECTS 

The Solar B Mission 
The STEREO Mission  
The SDO Mission  
Solar Probe  
Interstellar Probe  



The Sun is a very dynamic object. Variations in solar features occur on time-scales from milliseconds to millennia. The pages featured below illustrate some aspects of our ever-changing Sun. Some of these pages are kept up-to-date to show the recent behavior and current conditions on the Sun. Other pages demonstrate examples of characteristic behavior.

The Solar Rotation
The Sun's Magnetic Field over the Last 78 Rotations (6 Years)
Post-Flare Loops Observed in H-Alpha
Post-Flare Loops Observed by Doppler Imaging

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Author: David H. Hathaway, david.h.hathaway@nasa.gov, (256) 961-7610
Mail Code SD50, NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812

 

Responsible Official: John M. Davis, john.m.davis@nasa.gov, (256) 961-7600
Mail Code SD50, NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812

 

Last revised 2003 January 06- D. H. Hathaway