Re: Warped debris disks around stars are blowing in the wind.

I found this article rather interesting. While looking at the artists rendition I wondered if one could see the solar wind from another star system. Is this possible?

 robcas631 

Most definitely if it is a binary system.

And a protoplanery disc will become a star and possibly also form some planets.

The "Debris" may eventually form another star.

Bruth 

What I am asking is are there ways to see through whatever means the solar wind?

Probably not. You might be able to see its effects on the discs. But we're talking about imaging, not seeing through an eyepiece, and we're talking here about very large telescopes (compared to those used by most amateurs).

If you're talking about our Sun's solar wind, then other than observing its effects (aurorae, comet's tails, for example) the only way I know of to observe it directly is during a total solar eclipse when the streamers of the solar corona is visible. A coronagraph will show the solar corona, but sky brightness prevents seeing it well.

If you visit SpaceWeather dot com and click the link to the SOHO pages, you'll find images and even movies made using the spacecraft's coronagraph. These show coronal mass ejections and streamers quite well (no sky brightness to contend with).

Quite the phenomenom circumstellar disks and the like.

Bruth