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NOW SHOWING: LIVE FROM THE SUN ... TO YOUR COMPUTER
A new computer screen saver made available by the European
Space Agency now allows computer users to watch spectacular,
almost real-time images of our Sun.
The images, coming directly from 1.5 million kilometres away in
space, will flash on your computer screen courtesy of ESA's
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO).
Every time your screen saver kicks in it will look, via the
Internet, for the most recent images SOHO has sent to
scientists.
A few seconds, and the show begins.
You will be able to witness exciting events as they happen on
our star: huge expulsions of matter that scientists call
Coronal Mass Ejections; sunspots, now growing in number as the
Sun reaches the peak of activity in its 11-year cycle; and even
the demise of the so-called sun-grazing comets, as they
disappear forever into our star.
Now, give a rest to your computer and enjoy the show live from
the Sun.
Requirements:
* Windows 9x or Macintosh.
(We have reports that it works also with Windows NT 4.0)
* Disk with 3 MB of free space available.
It runs fine on my WinXP Home SP1 machine. The first time I ran it,
my firewall blocked access until I OKed the connection, and the
screensaver froze. When I ran it again, after granting access, it
ran fine.
NOW SHOWING: LIVE FROM THE SUN ... TO YOUR COMPUTER
A new computer screen saver made available by the European
Space Agency now allows computer users to watch spectacular,
almost real-time images of our Sun.
The images, coming directly from 1.5 million kilometres away in
space, will flash on your computer screen courtesy of ESA's
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO).
Every time your screen saver kicks in it will look, via the
Internet, for the most recent images SOHO has sent to
scientists.
A few seconds, and the show begins.
You will be able to witness exciting events as they happen on
our star: huge expulsions of matter that scientists call
Coronal Mass Ejections; sunspots, now growing in number as the
Sun reaches the peak of activity in its 11-year cycle; and even
the demise of the so-called sun-grazing comets, as they
disappear forever into our star.
Now, give a rest to your computer and enjoy the show live from
the Sun.
Requirements:
* Windows 9x or Macintosh.
(We have reports that it works also with Windows NT 4.0)
* Disk with 3 MB of free space available.
It runs fine on my WinXP Home SP1 machine. The first time I ran it,
my firewall blocked access until I OKed the connection, and the
screensaver froze. When I ran it again, after granting access, it
ran fine.