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c/space · by cm0002@lemmy.world · 1y

See the First-Ever Direct Images of the Sun's South Pole, Captured by the Solar Orbiter Spacecraft

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-first-ever-direct-images-of-the-suns-south-pole-captured-by-the-solar-orbiter-spacecraft-180986788/

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thenextguy@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y

It looks like this: *

Bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (9 replies)

Why is it only now that I realize Ive only seen the poles of 1 planet and 1 pole of the sun. I really want to see the other 7 planets and Pluto now

LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y (7 replies)

Check out Saturn's poles, it's got a bestagon

Bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

Thats fucking awesome, thank you

captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Is there a known regular hexagon larger than the one on Saturn?

LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y (3 replies)

There's just the one, right on its north pole.

captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Yeah, that regular hexagon is something like twice the Earth's diameter on a side, it's enormous. I was wondering if we know of a regular hexagon larger than that anywhere in the known universe?

It's a bit like, is the Titanic the largest manmade object ever accidentally broken in half?

morphballganon@lemmynsfw.com · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Do Lagrange points count? I guess it's only 4 of the 6 points of a hexagon, with the smaller mass, and the L3, L4 and L5 points forming the 4 points

captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y

I don't think so, as you point out only 4 points are defined, and...I'm sure you could find like six stars around the rim of a galaxy that are equidistant and go "these form a regular hexagon 40,000 light years to a side" No I'm think I'll restrict it to a structure that through some force more compelling than random happenstance has formed itself into a hexagon.

Notyou@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y

This might be a stupid question, but is there 1 giant storm through the planet?

TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

It's sad to say but we may never see Pluto again, at least in high definition.

FrenchFoodInHand@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

This feels like the sun has been upskirted

captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Hold up, the Ulysses probe didn't take any pictures of the Sun's poles? Or did it not carry a camera?

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y

Or did it not carry a camera?

It did not:

All pre-existing images of the sun were taken from within about 7 degrees of its equator. That’s because every spacecraft orbiting the star, along with every planet in our solar system, swoops around the sun in a flat disk called the ecliptic plane, which is tilted just 7.25 degrees relative to the sun’s equatorial plane. (The Ulysses spacecraft is the only one to have passed over the sun’s poles, but it didn’t have a camera.)

sbv@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y (5 replies)

Is it orangey yellow? I bet it's orangey yellow.

atticus88th@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I'll let you know in a few minutes after this big black dot goes away from my vision.

sbv@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

How you doin? Still got the dot?

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y

It's been 18 hours, they dead.

thenextguy@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Our sun is actually white with a very slight green tinge. The yellow orange thing is an effect of our atmosphere.

Ledericas@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y

and there are purple stars, but humans cant see those wavelengths.