Astronomy 210
Lecture 27, March 30
Spring 2011
Lecture Notes:
pdf file
An Exoplanet Revolution in Progress:
NASA Kepler
search fields
, target
region
in Milky Way
1200 planet candidates
announced
!
candiate sky locations
mapped
six-planet system
results
visualized
analysis
of first four months' data
Changing Gears:
The Big Picture
The Sun
The Sun: Stability
hydrostatic equilibrium
stability
solar response to
flare
Surface Features
Photosphere
current
white-light
image
granulation
Sunspots
; closeup
side view
sunspot cycle:
past century
,
recorded history
solar spin
movie
Lecture Archive
Brian D. Fields
Last modified: Wed Mar 30 12:33:48 CDT 2011