Solar Secrets:
More observations of Stellar phenomenon
A report by:
RAdm. R.M. & FCapt. D.L. Wey
Reports provided by the OSR show a continued interest in the area of stellar behavior. To that end, this office has been conducting research into the dynamics of magnetic activity in stellar bodies[such as our own sun]as well as how such and other phenomenon effect the planetary bodies that orbit them.
To solve such puzzles, we have relied upon an array of scientific equipment with which to better study and observe such activity. Some such observational equipment is placed in orbit around the stellar body in question[such as the inner Lagrangian point, which is 1% of the way to earth’s sun]. In this permanent position, such observational units travel around the stellar body in an orbit which mimics that of a planetary body[such as earth].
One of the areas of interest is the stellar bodies photosphere[its outermost visible surface]which has been observed to oscillate. These oscillations vary from body to body, but can be tens of kilometers high.
outer ring: solar wind
dark ring: inner/photosphere-outer/coronal block
Magenta ring: stellar body
Such throbbing motions cannot be detected without specialized equipment; Hence, various orbital laboratories are placed around a stellar body to observe and record using any number of instruments. Some of these are for specific purposes, such as solar radiance and gravity oscillations, ultraviolet measurements, etc.
To accurately identify the relation between the throbbing motions and variations in internal and surface temperatures of a stellar body, these O. L.’s observe the ultraviolet, extreme ultraviolet, and x-ray radiation which emanates from within such a body. However, because these wavelengths are absorbed by a planetary atmosphere, such measurements can only be made in space.
Such observations have revealed that stellar bodies are still very violent places, even when they are at their cyclic low[as is SOL every start of an eleven year cycle]. Solar winds, which emanate from all stellar bodies, have been found to contain elements such as argon, sulfur, calcium as well as iron; At times' nitrogen, carbon, and oxygen, as well as phosphorus, chlorine, potassium, titanium, chromium, manganese, and nickel.
During[what are called]coronal mass ejections, billions of tons of gases containing such elements are ‘blown out’ from the surface. Traveling at speeds greater than hundreds of kps, and at temperatures reaching more than a million degrees Kelvin. This is one of the way's planets receive the elements necessary for life, another…a supernova.
Such observations of stellar activity and behavior would be impossible without the aid of such equipment. Continued updates will be provided as they become available.
