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Norwester77 t1_j6dugzs wrote

Reply to comment by Outrageous_Fall_9568 in What if our sun was a part of another constellation on another planet? by smilingpike31

Yeah, about every six months or so…

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citybadger t1_j6ebqci wrote

Also shot spacecraft above the solar poles.

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Norwester77 t1_j6emowu wrote

Plus, the sun rotates on its axis about once a month (the actual rotation rate varies depending on the latitude, which is possible because the sun isn’t rigid), so we get a regular look at every part of its surface.

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smilingpike31 OP t1_j6gy6n0 wrote

Wait does it even matter if the sun is on an axis? Well it does create an energy source for every direction so does it matter for it to have an axis?

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Norwester77 t1_j6h0fq6 wrote

It does radiate energy in all directions, but the material in the sun is rotating, so it necessarily has an axis of rotation. The rotation has other effects, like twisting the sun’s magnetic field into a spiral.

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