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    populated by intermittent coronal structures known as solar prominences or filaments. The Sun's corona lies above the chromosphere and extends millions of...
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    The solar wind is a stream of charged particles released from the Sun's outermost atmospheric layer, the corona. This plasma mostly consists of electrons...
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    the much brighter photosphere, and extend outwards into the solar corona. While the corona consists of extremely hot plasma, prominences contain much cooler...
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    Sun (redirect from Solar diameter)
    significant new data on solar wind and the solar corona. The Helios 1 and 2 probes were U.S.–German collaborations that studied the solar wind from an orbit...
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    Corona from Fogged Eyeglasses Experimental simulations of pollen coronas The Corona Forest Corona Solar Corona at Golden Gate Bridge Partial Corona at...
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    completely obscures the bright light of the Sun, allowing the much fainter solar corona to be visible. During an eclipse, totality occurs only along a narrow...
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  • structure in the Sun's corona Solar wind, the stream of particles and plasma emanating from the Sun Active region, where most solar flares and coronal mass...
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    the mission of making observations of the outer corona of the Sun. It will approach to within 9.86 solar radii (6.9 million km or 4.3 million miles) from...
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    one billion light-years from the Solar System containing more than 400 members, and is itself part of the larger Corona Borealis Supercluster. Covering...
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    Sun's atmosphere. They affect all layers of the solar atmosphere (photosphere, chromosphere, and corona). The plasma medium is heated to >107 kelvin, while...
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    Milky Way, Corona Australis contains one of the closest star-forming regions to the Solar System—a dusty dark nebula known as the Corona Australis Molecular...
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    the corona. The instruments CDS, EIT, LASCO, SUMER, SWAN, and UVCS are used for this solar atmosphere remote sensing. Making observations of solar wind...
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    Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory (LMSAL), provides continuous full-disk observations of the solar chromosphere and corona in seven extreme...
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  • subjected to an external magnetic field, such as the solar corona and Earth's ionosphere. The corona is generally treated with the "cold plasma approach...
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    observations with NASA's Parker Solar Probe mission (2018–2025) which is performing measurements of the Sun's extended corona, as well as other ground-based...
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    Helmet streamer (category Solar phenomena)
    elongated cusp-like structures in the Sun's corona which are often visible in white-light coronagraphs and during solar eclipses. They are closed magnetic loops...
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    described as a deflated croissant. The solar wind consists of particles (ionized atoms from the solar corona) and fields like the magnetic field that...
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    Coronal mass ejection (category Solar phenomena)
    plasma mass from the Sun's corona into the heliosphere. CMEs are often associated with solar flares and other forms of solar activity, but a broadly accepted...
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    astrophysics surged and many solar telescopes were constructed. The 1931 invention of the coronagraph allowed the corona to be studied in full daylight...
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    multiple layers below the corona that lead to solar eruptions. To study space weather, and the origin, composition and dynamics of solar wind. The mission was...
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    The Toyota Corona (Japanese: トヨタ・コロナ, Toyota Korona) is an automobile manufactured by the Japanese automaker Toyota across eleven generations between 1957...
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    The name, inspired by the solar corona, was given by Gruenwald in 1887. A new atomic thin green line in the solar corona was then considered to be emitted...
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    Brazil, taking images of the corona in polarized light and proposing reconstruction of its ray structure. An annular solar eclipse on May 10. A partial...
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    wave Solar corona Solar transition region Coronal hole Coronal loop Coronal mass ejection Solar prominence Helmet streamer Solar variation Solar cycle...
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    discussed solar eclipses during the Maunder Minimum. From text of eye-witness reports of events in 1652, 1706 and 1715, he concluded that the solar corona was...
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    wind. A diagram showing the evolution of the solar magnetic flux over one solar cycle Diagram of the low corona and transition region, where many scales of...
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    The Corona program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Directorate...
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    star's atmosphere, located above the photosphere and below the solar transition region and corona. The term usually refers to the Sun's chromosphere, but not...
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    WISPR (category Parker Solar Probe)
    images of the corona, solar wind, shocks, solar ejecta, etc. Development of WISPR was led by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. The Parker Solar Probe with...
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  • to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) is a future mission by NASA to study the unexplored region from the middle of the solar corona out to 1 AU...
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