Posted on Dec 9, 2019
APOD: 2019 December 9 - Looking Sideways from the Parker Solar Probe
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Good morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "Looking Sideways from the Parker Solar Probe." NASA's Parker Solar Probe (PSP) launched aboard a Delta IV-Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral, Aug. 12, 2018. The spacecraft, about the size of a small car, will be the first-ever mission to "touch" the Sun. Over a series of successive orbits, It will travel directly into the Sun's atmosphere about 4 million miles from the surface.
This 0:14 video shows the view looking sideways from behind PSP's Sun shield during its first approach to the Sun a year ago -- to about half the orbit of Mercury. The time-lapse clip (taken over nine days) was released during a news conference held in November. The waving solar corona is visible on the far left, with stars, planets, and even the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy streaming by in the background as the PSP orbits the Sun.
This 0:14 video shows the view looking sideways from behind PSP's Sun shield during its first approach to the Sun a year ago -- to about half the orbit of Mercury. The time-lapse clip (taken over nine days) was released during a news conference held in November. The waving solar corona is visible on the far left, with stars, planets, and even the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy streaming by in the background as the PSP orbits the Sun.
APOD: 2019 December 9 - Looking Sideways from the Parker Solar Probe
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5 New Discoveries from NASA's Parker Solar Probe
NASA's Parker Solar Probe mission has returned unprecedented data from near the Sun, culminating in new discoveries published on Dec. 4, 2019, in the journal...
Wow! Awesome APOD, Maj William W. 'Bill' Price and good Monday morning, my friend! Since I'm eating breakfast, I will post my response shortly!!!
Hey, Bill, I am back and this is a magnificent probe and imaging!!! Beyond your outstanding APOD on the subject of the Parker Solar Probe... Here are some additional detail and a short video on the PROBE! The video I have shared with my comments should be considered to be an adjunct to your Post...
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"NASA's Parker Solar Probe mission has returned unprecedented data from near the Sun, culminating in new discoveries published on Dec. 4, 2019, in the journal Nature. Among the findings are new understandings of how the Sun's constant outflow of material, the solar wind, behaves. Seen near Earth -- where it can interact with our planet's natural magnetic field and cause space weather effects that interfere with technology -- the solar wind appears to be a relatively uniform flow of plasma. But Parker Solar Probe's observations reveal a complicated, active system not seen from Earth." https://youtu.be/ReQAUocScw0
Music Credit: Smooth as Glass by The Freeharmonic Orchestra
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Hey, Bill, I am back and this is a magnificent probe and imaging!!! Beyond your outstanding APOD on the subject of the Parker Solar Probe... Here are some additional detail and a short video on the PROBE! The video I have shared with my comments should be considered to be an adjunct to your Post...
NASA Goddard
"NASA's Parker Solar Probe mission has returned unprecedented data from near the Sun, culminating in new discoveries published on Dec. 4, 2019, in the journal Nature. Among the findings are new understandings of how the Sun's constant outflow of material, the solar wind, behaves. Seen near Earth -- where it can interact with our planet's natural magnetic field and cause space weather effects that interfere with technology -- the solar wind appears to be a relatively uniform flow of plasma. But Parker Solar Probe's observations reveal a complicated, active system not seen from Earth." https://youtu.be/ReQAUocScw0
Music Credit: Smooth as Glass by The Freeharmonic Orchestra
Maj Marty Hogan COL Mikel J. Burroughs Lt Col Charlie Brown SSG Byron Howard Sr LTC Stephen F. Col Carl Whicker Maj Robert Thornton CWO3 Dennis M. LTC Wayne Brandon PO1 H Gene Lawrence Sgt Deborah Cornatzer PO3 Bob McCord CW5 Jack Cardwell TSgt Joe C. SFC Stephen Lucas SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen MSgt Robert "Rock" Aldi Col (Join to see)
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Solid APOD this morning Maj William W. 'Bill' Price
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LTC Stephen F. SP5 Mark Kuzinski COL Mikel J. Burroughs SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Maj William W. 'Bill' Price SPC Margaret HigginsMaj Bill Smith, Ph.D. SGT Steve McFarland LTC (Join to see) PO3 Craig Phillips Lt Col Charlie Brown SSG Michael Noll PO1 H Gene Lawrence TSgt Joe C. Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Sgt (Join to see) SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SSG Donald H "Don" Bates Cpl (Join to see) PVT Mark Zehner
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Good morning Maj William W. 'Bill' Price And of course the Sun's changes also impact our weather!
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