It can be hard when you see pictures of sunspots to really grasp their size...which is why I like these kind of visualizations!

This is video captured by #SDO from July of 2017 -- and we can see the size of earth vs a sunspot!

How big/small to sunspots get?? Check out our most recent #podcast episode for the answer: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/asterism-maria-mitchell-and-sunspots/

📹 :https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/asterism-maria-mitchell-and-sunspots/

#sunspot #NASA #Astronomy #astrodon #space #science #SDO #Solar #Sun #gif

Today's sun 🌞

To learn more about those #sunspots -- check out this week's #podcast here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/asterism-maria-mitchell-and-sunspots/

For more of today's sun & these images: https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/

#sun #solar #sunspot #science #astronomy #AstroDon #astrophotograhpy #NASA #SDO

I know I've shared this one a lot lately, but so help me I just love the energy of this piece, which I've been playing around with a bit; lo, a slightly softer and brighter version of my sci-fi caprice "Reach for the Light" (yes, those are solar sails in silhouette).

#art #digitalart #digitalpainting #painting #solarsail #spaceflight #scifi #sciencefiction #star #sun #sunspot #spaceart

Quick Astro Fact - Sun

https://youtube.com/shorts/n5KyZsxRMng?si=55rYPxJwSz96nDbX

#astronomy
#sun
#sunspot
#educationalshorts
#photography
#astrophotography
#smartphoneastronomy

Oh I'm sure it'd take the mother of all tinted windows to stop it from blinding you, but imagine being on a solar sail, making a fly-by to gain speed to your final destination, and then seeing *this* out your window. The ultimate scenic route, in my own painting, "Reach for the light".

#art #digitalart #digitalpainting #painting #scifi #scifiart #spaceart #spaceflight #solarsail #spacecraft #sun #star #sunspot

#ActiveSunspotRegion4366 Crosses the #Sun
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260208.html

#APOD #Sunspot