Whats going on at soho

Have been looking at this
for a bit now its the first time a have seen it look like this.With all the talk of the sun of late i know its a glitch any input why its messed up.I think something is happening with the sun where is the sun spots they should have started by now I put this in wrong place can mods move it please.

[edit on 062828p://2009-02-19T06:59:52-06:00192 by mars1]

Originally posted by mars1
Have been looking at this
for a bit now its the first time a have seen it look like this.With all the talk of the sun of late i know its a glitch any input why its messed up.I think something is happening with the sun where is the sun spots they should have started by now I put this in wrong place can mods move it please.

[edit on 062828p://2009-02-19T06:59:52-06:00192 by mars1]

dunno.. but look on youtube for the olympic 2008 opening ceremonies

reappearing over and over is a sun with sunspots on it.


it's about time..
it's like the pressure is building for a real big storm..

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I find it strange that there is lots af activety on the farside and not much on side facing us whats cousing this.

Originally posted by mars1
I think something is happening with the sun where is the sun spots

If you observe the image closely, you can see sunspots as the small black dots over the surface. I think your question is, "Why are we not seeing huge sun spots?". If so, the answer is that, since the image was taken by SOHO from the earth orbit without any zoom on the surface of the sun, the details cannot be distinguished much. Try looking for some close up photos and you will see some large ones.

The Sun is actually really quiet:

www.ips.gov.au...




The last recorded solar flare was early November last year, and before that, not much at all.

Someone in science land even threw up the possibility that with the Sun being so quiet, it might weaken the heliopause (I think that's it) around the solar system and let in more cosmic rays from interstellar space.

Here's hoping it goes ape, fires up, does something.



[edit on 19-2-2009 by mattguy404]

maybe just normal orbital adjustments ? or something disturbs the orbit while the ground team is correcting the trajectory of the sat ..?

I think many are confusing solar flares and sun spots. Solar flares are caused by a group of sun spots. But having sun spots doesnt not necessarily mean that there should be equivalent amount of solar flares. So, sun spots are enough to determine the health of our sun.

Sometimes in complex sunspot groups, abrupt, violent explosions from the sun occur. These are called solar flares. Solar flares are thought to be caused by sudden magnetic field changes in areas where the sun's magnetic field is concentrated.

how stuff works link

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Do you think its tide in to the two sats crashing .

maybe its kinda like when you get really greedy and one bites of lots more than they can chew.

i644.photobucket.com...

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I am not sure about that : there are thousands of satelites, if something is wrong in the space (i mean - something on a scale to knock down satellites) then we should be able to see more similar events..
But also we have to bear in mind that the orbit of satelites must be corrected on a regulary fashion. Maybe the video mentioned by you just shows a typical orbital ajdustment/correction. I am not 100% sure but I believe that some of the SOHO satelites susposed to be retired for a few years, but they are still un use . At a point SOHO had only one + retired satelite- the only one available to monitor the sun!