By @enbyss.
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Dithers a random photo from NASA's Astronomy Photo of the Day, with a randomly selected palette (from presets) and the result is then posted here.
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Source code for this bot can be found hosted on GitHub.
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Current status:
Semi-automatic
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Got it running on my machine with a scheduler for every 3 hours - so automatic but not like, on a server where it'll be more stable ya know


Explanation: This dramatic high resolution picture looking across the edge of the Sun was taken April 24th by a telescope on board the newly launched Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE) satellite. It shows graceful arcs of intensely hot gas suspended in powerful looping magnetic fields which soar above a solar active region. The colorized image was made in the extreme ultraviolet light radiated by highly ionized Iron atoms. With a temperature of a mere 6,000 degrees Celsius, the sun's surface is relatively cool and dark at these wavelengths, but the million degree hot plasma loops glow strongly! Such TRACE images follow the plasma and magnetic structures arising from the surface of the sun as they merge with the tenuous, hot solar Corona or outer atmosphere. By operating the TRACE instruments during the Sun's increasingly active phase, scientists hope to explore the connections between complex solar magnetic fields and potentially hazardous solar eruptions.



Palette: generated(14)


Original

TRACE and the Active Sun


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