Rotation of the Sun

Read Laboratory Exercise 6, section 3b and answer question 21.

Figure 6.16 Animation of SOHO MDI white light image of the sun for the month of June 2002

Use the following image of the sun’s photosphere to calculate the rotational period of the sun.

Animation of SOHO MDI white light image of the sun for the month of June 2002

Figure 6.17 Table of SOHO MDI Images of Sun

Sunspots are labeled by number. There was no data available for the days with blanks.

June 1
June 2
June 3
June 4
June 5
June 6
SOHO MDI images of the sun for June 1
SOHO MDI images of the sun for June 2
SOHO MDI images of the sun for June 4
SOHO MDI images of the sun for June 5
SOHO MDI images of the sun for June 6
June 7
June 8
June 9
June 10
June 11
June 12
SOHO MDI images of the sun for June 7
SOHO MDI images of the sun for June 8
SOHO MDI images of the sun for June 9
SOHO MDI images of the sun for June 11
June 13
June 14
June 15
June 16
June 17
June 18
SOHO MDI images of the sun for June 13
SOHO MDI images of the sun for June 14
SOHO MDI images of the sun for June 16
SOHO MDI images of the sun for June 17
SOHO MDI images of the sun for June 18
June 19
June 20
June 21
June 22
June 23
June 24
SOHO MDI images of the sun for June 19
SOHO MDI images of the sun for June 20
SOHO MDI images of the sun for June 21
SOHO MDI images of the sun for June 23
SOHO MDI images of the sun for June 24
June 25
June 26
June 27
June 28
June 29
June 30
SOHO MDI images of the sun for June 25
SOHO MDI images of the sun for June 26
SOHO MDI images of the sun for June 27
SOHO MDI images of the sun for June 29
SOHO MDI images of the sun for June 30

 

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