SUN – A CLOSE UP

SOLAR FLARES

CHROMOSPHERE

CHROMOSPHERE DURING ECLIPSE

SUNSPOTS

FACULAE

CORONA

DURING ECLIPSE

SOLAR PROMINENCE

STEREO – TWIN PROBES TO STUDY SOLAR FLARES……

…….LIKE THESE

VITAL STATISTICS

• SURFACE TEMPERATURE – 6000 0C• CORE TEMPERATURE – 14 x 10 6 0C• MASS - 333000 TIMES MASSIVE THAN

THE EARTH• DISTANCE FROM THE EARTH – 150

MILLION KM• DIAMETER – 110 TIMES THE

DIAMETER OF THE EARTH