1 00:00:00,740 --> 00:00:04,150 [Music] 2 00:00:10,250 --> 00:00:07,550 we need to understand his Sun because 3 00:00:11,780 --> 00:00:10,260 the Sun changes our lives every day we 4 00:00:14,150 --> 00:00:11,790 all know that the Sun makes the weather 5 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:14,160 but when we're flying things in space 6 00:00:20,060 --> 00:00:17,010 astronauts satellites the Sun affects 7 00:00:22,550 --> 00:00:20,070 them even more directly the Sun puts out 8 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:22,560 what we call space weather space weather 9 00:00:27,019 --> 00:00:24,570 causes problems with our satellites our 10 00:00:29,269 --> 00:00:27,029 astronauts our communication systems 11 00:00:31,849 --> 00:00:29,279 here on earth and our navigation systems 12 00:00:34,010 --> 00:00:31,859 we need to know more about how the Sun 13 00:00:36,410 --> 00:00:34,020 works where the magnetic field of the 14 00:00:38,110 --> 00:00:36,420 Sun comes from and how that magnetic 15 00:00:40,900 --> 00:00:38,120 field is converted in the space weather 16 00:00:44,510 --> 00:00:40,910 HMI is the helioseismic and magnetic 17 00:00:46,310 --> 00:00:44,520 imager very long words for something 18 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:46,320 that's very useful to look at on the Sun 19 00:00:51,319 --> 00:00:49,410 the helioseismic refers to the sound 20 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:51,329 waves that we can measure the surface of 21 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:53,010 the Sun that when we carefully analyze 22 00:00:57,799 --> 00:00:56,250 them we can look inside the Sun and see 23 00:00:59,869 --> 00:00:57,809 what's happening under the surface of 24 00:01:01,939 --> 00:00:59,879 the Sun and even what's happening on the 25 00:01:03,709 --> 00:01:01,949 other side of the Sun it's much like how 26 00:01:05,270 --> 00:01:03,719 we use the waves from earthquakes to 27 00:01:08,149 --> 00:01:05,280 know where the earthquake happened how 28 00:01:10,940 --> 00:01:08,159 big it was to learn about what's inside 29 00:01:13,730 --> 00:01:10,950 the earth from earthquakes at the same 30 00:01:15,890 --> 00:01:13,740 time HM I will produce map of the 31 00:01:17,539 --> 00:01:15,900 magnetic field of the Sun we're all 32 00:01:19,700 --> 00:01:17,549 familiar with the magnetic field of the 33 00:01:22,580 --> 00:01:19,710 earth we use our compasses to point our 34 00:01:24,289 --> 00:01:22,590 way with that on the Sun the magnetic 35 00:01:26,870 --> 00:01:24,299 field is much more complicated and it 36 00:01:29,330 --> 00:01:26,880 comes up as little tiny pieces at 37 00:01:31,010 --> 00:01:29,340 magnetic field all over the Sun when 38 00:01:33,300 --> 00:01:31,020 they get together it can be called 39 00:01:35,190 --> 00:01:33,310 active regions very strong magnetic 40 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:35,200 but nonetheless there's a magnetic field 41 00:01:40,649 --> 00:01:37,930 all over the Sun for many years people 42 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:40,659 studied only the active regions that was 43 00:01:43,980 --> 00:01:41,890 the thing that people really were 44 00:01:46,020 --> 00:01:43,990 worried about we now understand it you 45 00:01:48,090 --> 00:01:46,030 have to worry about all the magnetic 46 00:01:50,290 --> 00:01:48,100 field of the Sun and that's what sto was