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Name(s): _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ Date: __________________ Course/Section: __________________ Grade: __________________ Observing the Sun Objectives: After completion of this lab, students will have: 1. Developed an understanding of the five major surface features of the Sun, including the physical processes involved in features. 2. Properly assembled a personal solar telescope, and used it to safely observe the Sun. 3. Determined the temperature of a sunspot compared to the temperature of the rest of the Sun’s surface. Checklist: □ Complete the prelab quiz with your team (if required). □ Compile a list of resources you expect to use in the lab. □ Work with your team to complete the lab exercises and activities. □ Record your results and mark which resources you used. □ Share and discuss your results with the rest of the class. □ Determine if your team’s answers are reasonable. □ Submit an observation request for next week (if required).

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Page 1: Observing*the*Sun* - University of Iowaastro.physics.uiowa.edu/.../solar_observing.pdf · 2018-01-26 · Part)1:)Features)of)the)Sun) 1. Wewill)beusingHKalphaimages)for)the)remainder)of)this)lab.))Whatis)the)HKalphaspectral)line,)and)why)

Name(s): _____________________________ _____________________________

_____________________________ _____________________________

Date: __________________ Course/Section: __________________

Grade: __________________

Observing the Sun

Objectives:

After completion of this lab, students will have:

1. Developed an understanding of the five major surface features of the Sun, including the physical

processes involved in features.

2. Properly assembled a personal solar telescope, and used it to safely observe the Sun.

3. Determined the temperature of a sunspot compared to the temperature of the rest of the Sun’s

surface.

Checklist:

□ Complete the pre-‐lab quiz with your team (if required). □ Compile a list of resources you expect to use in the lab. □ Work with your team to complete the lab exercises and activities. □ Record your results and mark which resources you used. □ Share and discuss your results with the rest of the class. □ Determine if your team’s answers are reasonable. □ Submit an observation request for next week (if required).

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Pre-‐Lab Quiz

Record your group's answers to each question, along with your reasoning. These concepts will be relevant

later in this lab exercise.

Part 1: Features of the Sun

1. We will be using H-‐alpha images for the remainder of this lab. What is the H-‐alpha spectral line, and why

would we use it to observe the Sun?

2. There are five major features on the Sun. Research these major features using the Internet. In the table

below, describe how you would identify each feature in a photo and list the physical processes associated

with their formation and on what region of the Sun they are located.

Feature How to Identify Physical Processes

Sunspot

Plage

Prominence

Filament

Granulation

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3. Examine the H-‐alpha spectral line image and the white light image of the Sun below. Identify and label

examples of the features described in Question 2.

White Light 300-‐700 nm

H-‐alpha 656.3 nm

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4. How are solar prominences and filaments similar? How are they different?

Part 2: Viewing the Sun

1. Telescopes are usually used to concentrate the light of faint objects in the night sky to make them more

easily available. What is the primary difference between observing the Sun and observing a faint star at

night?

2. Set up your Coronado Personal Solar Telescope (PST) and sketch your view through the telescope in the

box below.

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3. How many of each feature discussed in Part 1 do you observe though the PST?

Part 3: Properties of Solar Features

1. Using the image provided, determine the height of the solar prominence compared to the diameter of the Sun. Show your work.

2. Now determine the height of the prominence in kilometers. How many Earths could fit inside the prominence? Show your work.

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3. Using the provided image, we will determine the temperature of a sunspot.

a. Determine the minimum pixel brightness at the position of a sunspot. Then determine the average pixel brightness of the solar surface near the sunspot.

b. Find the ratio of the two temperatures using the Stephan-‐Boltzmann Law. Show your work.

c. Look up the average surface temperature of the Sun. Use this and the ratio above to determine the temperature of the sunspot. Show your work.

Minimum Pixel Brightness of Sunspot Average Pixel Brightness of Solar Surface

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