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Whether You Enjoy Looking At Stars, Planets, or Nebulae, Chromosphere Is The Show For Local Astronomers of All Levels.
Tag along as host Jeff Holmes takes you behind the scenes of Prairie Grass Observatory and the West Lafayette Observatory with their director, John Mahony. He also visits with Jeff H.S. Planetarium Director, Bill Huston as he shows us the constellations and planets of the month. Also, we learn from well knowledgable special guests on topics of interest related to our astronomy. Join us every week at 5:30pm Friday's, & 7pm Sunday's only on ICN Ch. 13! Make sure to visit the Chromosphere website at www.chromosphere.4t.com. |
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A Real Chromosphere
What is a "chromosphere" anyway? Well, if you look just to the left here, you'll see. It's the outer portion of the sun where many small, transient spurts (or jets) of gas are ejected to heights reaching 10,000 miles from the low chromosphere. The temperature of the chromosphere increases with the distance outwards to 20,000 degrees Celcius. But, don't look directly at it without safety glasses or some sort of shielding for your eyes for long periods of time.
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