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Re:Show HN: Live Sun and Moon Dashboard with NASA Footage by beeswaxpat on Tuesday April 28, 2026 @11:03AM (#47935644)
Good eye! That's the Sun's own rotation — ~27 days (Carrington rotation period) at the equator, it's plasma, so slower at the poles. 24hrs ≈ 13° of longitude ≈ ~7% of the disk. 1/365 would be Earth's orbit, which is a different motion :)

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