Corona

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Oct 11, 2023 - 14:16
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Sun: coronal hole

corona, outermost region of the Sun’s atmosphere, consisting of plasma (hot ionized gas). It has a temperature of approximately two million kelvins and an extremely low density. The corona continually varies in size and shape as it is affected by the Sun’s magnetic field. The solar wind, which flows radially outward through the entire solar system, is formed by the expansion of the coronal gases and only ends at the heliopause.

Total solar eclipse. The delicately structured glow of the solar corona—or solar atmosphere—seen during the March 7, 1970, total eclipse of the Sun. The corona is visible to the unaided eye only during an eclipse.

In spite of its high temperature, the corona yields relatively little heat, because of its low density; i.e., the constituent gas molecules are so sparse that the energy content per cubic centimetre is substantially lower than that of the interior region of the Sun. The corona shines only about half as brightly as the Moon and is normally not visible to the unaided eye, because its light is overwhelmed by the brilliance of the solar surface. During a total solar eclipse, however, the Moon blocks out the light from the photosphere, permitting naked-eye observations of the corona. The corona can also be studied under noneclipse conditions with a special telescopic instrument called a coronagraph.

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