awesome vid. thanks.

Our sun has quite the gravity well.

It really does boggle the mind when you have to think of the scale of things. A jet of fire (or plasma, as it were) from the sun is several times larger than our earth... That's freaking big!

What's the music of this video?

The music is Karl Jenkins "Adiemus - Songs of sanctuary", a fantastic album.

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Amazing. I must have watched this 20 times over the weekend. One of the most beautiful videos I've seen on the sift.

You can see solar flares, spots, and surface convection in a backyard telescope. Though you NEED proper equipment and knowledge how to do it properly!!!

NEVER POINT A TELESCOPE AT THE SUN. Unless you know exactly what you are doing. Ever burn a leaf with a magnifying glass as a kid. Imagine that 100x plus in strength on your eyeball. You will be instantly and permanently blinded.

A scope with a solar filter (Baader Solarfilm or properly filtered glass elements) for very low cost, shows sunspots. Not real solar surface detail, no corona. No flares.

Unfortunately the best visuals is with some rather pricey Hydrogen Alpha filtering equipment. But a few grand invested gives beautiful flare/surface detail. Coronado was one company that manufactured those things, but I haven't looked them up in a long while. Not sure if they are still around.

As you might imagine, you don't need a large aperture telescope. A small refractor sized scope is plenty big. Your goal isn't to collect more light, which is what larger scopes do. You want to get enough light, but you will be blocking out most of it with the specialized filters so you don't fry your eyeballs.

If you are interested and don't know where to start. Contact your local Astronomy club. Every nation has clubs somewhere. Not sure? Contact your local university's astronomy dept. They will know for sure. Heck, someone at the club or university likely owns one of these things so you can see one in person. Even better, search the internet.

Thanks for all the positive comments on the video, I really appreciate the feedback!

I really hope this compilation I created inspired people whom are unfamiliar with the magnificence of our star, sol - to research, study and gain knowledge and interest in the subject.

It is the reason we are here to observe, the reason we are here to live, and learn about our universe.

We are the universes method of understanding its self.

Thanks again,
Paul