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When to use Sunspot Magnetic Loops 3D Explorer

Use this explorer when you want to see the magnetic structure over a sunspot region - and skip it when you want the 11-year sunspot count cycle or the Sun interior layers.

  • Classroom demos of coronal loops and bipolar sunspot pairs
  • Connecting the umbral field strength to why sunspots are dark
  • Showing that loops trace invisible magnetic field lines

This is an educational visualization with illustrative loop shapes and stylized plasma flow.


Sunspot magnetic loops key figures

Sunspot magnetic loops key figures in one panel: Sunspot Magnetic Loops 3D Explorer lists umbral field 2000-3700 gauss, umbra ~3700-4000 K, photosphere ~5800 K, and coronal loops at 1-3 million K.

Compare the sunspot magnetic loops key figures: umbral field strength, umbra and photosphere temperatures, and coronal loop temperature.
Sunspot loops: umbral field, umbra and photosphere temperatures, and the corona.
QuantityValue
Umbral magnetic field2000-3700 gauss (0.2-0.37 T)
Umbra temperature~3700-4000 K
Photosphere temperature~5800 K
Coronal loop temperature1-3 million K

Walk the controls in the step-by-step guide, or compare options in vs alternatives. Open the Sunspot Magnetic Loops 3D Explorer.

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