Looking Up - 22 May 24 - Kechil talks to the Director of the Solar Section of the Astronomical Society of SA

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Recently there has been a spate of solar storms. Kechil talks to the Director of the Solar Section of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa, Jacques van Delft, about our nearest star and what it has been up to. If you would like to follow Jacques van Delft, here is his Facebook page on solar activities https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555679784685

22 May English South Africa Places & Travel

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