- Video
- 4 min 25 sec
- Level: all audiences
This short, animated video produced by the European Solar Telescope in 2019 highlights the work of Fr. Angelo Secchi in studying the Sun. Of particular note is the representation of Fr. Secchi’s observatory, located atop St. Ignatius Church in Rome. The interior of the observatory in the video is a close match to historical illustrations of it.
From the European Solar Telescope:
The surface of the Sun is covered in features that look like needles or hairs, called “spicules”. They were discovered in the 19th century, by Angelo Secchi. But there are still some mysteries around them… For example: why the temperatures in the external layers of the Sun are much hotter than on the solar surface? Walk with father Secchi to “The QuEST for Spicules”, the second episode of our cartoons video series “The QuEST”!
