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Dr. Art Poland GMU/NASA GSFC

Dr. Art Poland GMU/NASA GSFC. Why Study the Sun/Earth System. We are moving off the planet Need satellites We live out there – space station We are exploring – Mars There are problems to solve Radiation Spare parts. Electromagnetic Spectrum. View Emission Tubes. Emission. The Atom.

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Dr. Art Poland GMU/NASA GSFC

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  1. Dr. Art Poland GMU/NASA GSFC

  2. Why Study the Sun/Earth System • We are moving off the planet • Need satellites • We live out there – space station • We are exploring – Mars • There are problems to solve • Radiation • Spare parts

  3. Electromagnetic Spectrum

  4. View Emission Tubes

  5. Emission

  6. The Atom

  7. Space Station

  8. Galaxy • The Sun is at the arrow 30,000 light-years from the center. • The Sun orbits the center of the galaxy in about 225 million years. • 100 billion other stars

  9. Galaxies are in Clusters

  10. Structure of Sun

  11. The Visible Sun

  12. SOHO Orbit

  13. EIT He CME

  14. EIT Corona

  15. CDS Multi-temperature Images

  16. Corona

  17. LASCO CME

  18. Question What’s an Aurora?

  19. Aurora

  20. Aurora From Space STS 60

  21. Sun-Earth System -- Driven by 11 Year Solar Cycle

  22. EIT Solar Min-Max

  23. Why do we care about the heliosphere?

  24. SOHO Home Page soho.nascom.nasa.gov

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