solar system
The Sun
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Our Sun is a regular main-sequence class G2 star.
It is the largest object in our solar system and contains more than 99.8% of all mass present in our solar system.
At present our Sun’s mass consists of about 70% hydrogen, 28% helium and some other elements.
This amount slowly changes over time as hydrogen is converted to helium in the core of our Sun.
The average remaining life-span of our Sun is estimated to be about 4.5 billion years after which it will slowly expand into a red giant star which will eventually collapse and explode.
This will probably create a nice planetary nebula, but unfortunately we won’t be around anymore to take a picture of it !
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Object info
Name: The Sun
Type: G-type main-sequence star (G2V)
Constellation: n/a
Perigee/Apogee: n/a
Orbital period: n/a
Equatorial radius: 695700 km – 109 Earths
Mass: 330000 Earths
Eq. surface gravity: 27.94 G
Sidereal rotation period: 25,05 days
Date & location
Date: July 1, 2006
Location: Landgraaf, The Netherlands
Equipment & optics
Total integration: 10x 4 min. ?? @ ISO800 (Baader Astro Solar filter foil!!)
Camera: Canon 20D
Optics: TS 127/820mm Refractor
Mount: Losmandy G-11
Image comments
Image was colorized from white light to yellow using Photoshop.