During tests to test the ability of the telescope itself that astronomers are conducting at ALMA telescope Since its last update, in which it was tried to explore the Sun's chromosphere, the layer immediately above the photosphere or visible area of the star, details of it have been seen that to date we were totally unaware of because they were impossible to see. with the means they had.
Basically, until now, all astronomers and researchers who continuously looked and explored the surface of the Sun relied on wavelengths to study the activity present in the Sun. Using the ALMA Telescope now allows you look at the star in millimeter and submillimeter ranges which allows them, as is the case, to be able to observe a large sunspot, whose size is almost twice that of the Earth, in much more detail.
The ALMA telescope will allow us to observe in much more detail what happens on the Sun.
Thanks to two band receptors present in the telescope, it has been possible to take a series of photographs where the differences in temperatures between the different regions of the chromosphere can be observed. With all the possibilities that ALMA now offers, there are already scientists and researchers who want study in much more detail the heating process and the dynamics of this layer of the Sun.
As a detail, tell you that, at least for the moment and once the new telescope capacity has been tested, the investigations should be paused until the antennas of the same receive special protection since, being focused on the Sun, damage can be caused by the intense heat of the light so use of the technique baptized with the name of radiointerferometry to avoid any possible damage, something that would be catastrophic both for the studies that are pending on the use of ALMA and for the community itself, which should once again make a considerable investment for its repair.
