Sun's Atmosphere Sings

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user-deleted-13 Guru Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 4513 Good Answers: 88	Sun's Atmosphere Sings 04/19/2007 5:19 PM
	Sun's Atmosphere Sings Astronomers have recorded heavenly music bellowed out by the Sun's atmosphere. Snagging orchestra seats for this solar symphony would be fruitless, however, as the frequency of the sound waves is below the human hearing threshold. While humans can make out sounds between 20 and 20,000 hertz, the solar sound waves are on the order of milli-hertz—a thousandth of a hertz. The study, presented this week at the Royal Astronomical Society's National Astronomy Meeting in Lancashire, England, reveals that the looping magnetic fields along the Sun's outer regions, called the corona, carry magnetic sound waves in a similar manner to musical instruments such as guitars or pipe organs. Read the entire article
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BrainWave Guru Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 962	#1 Re: Sun's Atmosphere Sings 04/19/2007 6:26 PM
	This is old news I have known of this for at least two years. __________________ There's them that knows and them that just thinks they know, whitch are you? Stir the pot and see what rises up. I have catalytic properties I get a reaction going.
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BrainWave Guru Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 962	#3 In reply to #2 Re: Sun's Atmosphere Sings 04/20/2007 6:24 PM
	Ok I suppose not every one is as up to date as I am. __________________ There's them that knows and them that just thinks they know, whitch are you? Stir the pot and see what rises up. I have catalytic properties I get a reaction going.
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StandardsGuy Guru Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: North America, Earth Posts: 4528 Good Answers: 106	#4 Re: Sun's Atmosphere Sings 04/20/2007 11:14 PM
	It would be neat to multiply those sound up to the range of human hearing and listen to them. It might help us understand what is going on in the sun too. __________________ “I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.” - Richard Feynman
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MarkTheHandyman Guru Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Toronto Ontario Canada Posts: 1265 Good Answers: 14	#6 In reply to #4 Re: Sun's Atmosphere Sings 04/21/2007 4:50 AM
	Two extremely good points, StandardsGuy. Mind you, we shouldn't really expect the 'musicality' being suggested by the article title, as the end result will probably resemble multiple simultaneous train wrecks. Nonetheless, I too would like to hear the sun singing. And while I agree it's generally a good idea to monitor the activities of the sun for the purpose of getting to know its properties and operating principles; there's little to nothing we can do if things suddenly go wrong. That idea of snapping magnetic containment wiring scares me more than a little. I guess everything in the universe has a sensitive balance point somewhere. Mark
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Heart Cooks Brain Power-User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Midwest United States, Evansville, Indiana 37 N, 87 W Posts: 104	#5 Re: Sun's Atmosphere Sings 04/21/2007 3:39 AM
	I bet if you amplify it up to what us humans can hear it would be some good ol' heavy metal. Not that depressing country or stupid rap non-music stuff. If it's not heavy metal I bet it is "set the control's for the heart of the sun" by Pink Floyd. HaHa! Maybe a LITTLE "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath", uh-huh! Yeah! Now were talking!
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BrainWave Guru Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 962	#7 In reply to #5 Re: Sun's Atmosphere Sings 04/21/2007 11:09 AM
	Yes it has been made audible I will try to find the relevent place where it can be found. Sorry to people waiting for new info from me but my body is packing up fast and my brain following on fast. What I want to know is has any one signed it up for a record deal. __________________ There's them that knows and them that just thinks they know, whitch are you? Stir the pot and see what rises up. I have catalytic properties I get a reaction going.
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BrainWave Guru Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 962	#8 In reply to #5 Re: Sun's Atmosphere Sings 04/21/2007 3:49 PM
	There we go I knew if I looked for something else it would turn up. I have front cover CD from BBC "Sky at Night" programm Feb 2007 they may have back issues the CD has the sounds of ths cosmos including the Sun. Look up bbc.co.uk then Sky at Night. You never know. __________________ There's them that knows and them that just thinks they know, whitch are you? Stir the pot and see what rises up. I have catalytic properties I get a reaction going.
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Anonymous Poster	#11 In reply to #8 Re: Sun's Atmosphere Sings 04/23/2007 7:34 AM
	BrainWave: Are you the celestial reference standard? Just Curious....?
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BrainWave Guru Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 962	#12 In reply to #11 Re: Sun's Atmosphere Sings 04/23/2007 7:04 PM
	No I just get bored real easily. I read and browse due to illness I have to stay in a lot. __________________ There's them that knows and them that just thinks they know, whitch are you? Stir the pot and see what rises up. I have catalytic properties I get a reaction going.
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BrainWave Guru Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 962	#9 In reply to #5 Re: Sun's Atmosphere Sings 04/21/2007 4:07 PM
	I forgot it is CD 21. ok. __________________ There's them that knows and them that just thinks they know, whitch are you? Stir the pot and see what rises up. I have catalytic properties I get a reaction going.
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PWSlack Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In the bothy, 7 chains down the line from Dodman's Lane level crossing, in the nation formerly known as Great Britain. Kettle's on. Posts: 32175 Good Answers: 839	#10 Re: Sun's Atmosphere Sings 04/23/2007 5:33 AM
	"Here comes the sun, do-do-do-doo" - John Lennon? __________________ "Did you get my e-mail?" - "The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place" - George Bernard Shaw, 1856
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