<UmbralRaptor>
So if I want to start a textile company...
<Greys>
go to china
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<Greys>
UmbralRaptor, what is the typical timescale of one of those big sun arch things
<UmbralRaptor>
Prominences? Uh, apparently a few hours to days typically but sometimes up to a few months.
<Greys>
mmkay
<Greys>
in a single scene, maybe 15 seconds, in stargate atlantis there was a dogfight close to a sun and a prominence formed then began to dissipate; that's too fast
Majiir is now known as Snoozee
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<UmbralRaptor>
Size also matters -- these things can be light seconds across. I know granules change a lot over 10s of minutes, but those are still ~1500 km?
<acc>
I am groot
<egg|zzz|egg>
!wpn UmbralRaptor
* Qboid
gives UmbralRaptor a bromine tea
<egg|zzz|egg>
acc: you're back!
* egg|zzz|egg
pokes UmbralRaptor with a two-ell telescope
<acc>
:)
* UmbralRaptor
really needs better notes on goblin astronomy.