Images and Movies About the Interaction of the Solar System with the Interstellar Medium:
Credit: M. Opher et al. (from Opher et al. 2006; 2007; 2008)

Movie from BU Today: Beyond the Bubble (You Tube)

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Movie of the Heliosphere (related to Figure 2 and 3) -click here

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Legend:

Figure 1: Figure showing the magnitude of the magnetic field with the trajectories of Voyager 1 and 2 (white lines) .The interstellar magnetic field lines are shown in black. It can be seen the interstellar magnetic field being compressed and intensified in contact with the heliosphere.

Figure 2: The surface of the Heliopause (yellow) is shown as well as the trajectory of Voyager 1 (magneta) and 2 (red). The interstellar magnetic field lines are shown in brown. The inclination of the heliosphere towards the interstellar magnetic field direction can be seen.

Figure 3: Same as Figure 2 but now,  the surface of the Termination Shock can be seen as well (green)

Figure 4: From the Voyager Senior Review Cover - 2008 - shows the temperature contours of the Heliosheath, the velocity streamlines (black lines) as well as Voyager 1 and 2 trajectories.

Figure 5: From the New Scientist (zoom on Figure 1)

Figure 6: Model with the interstellar magnetic field in the plane 60 degrees from the
solar equatorial plane. The 3D iso-surface of the termination shock is denoted (yellow). The white lines are the interstellar magnetic field and the black lines are the solar magnetic field lines. The
trajetocry of Voyager 1 is denoted (magneta). The contours denote temperatures in the
plane containing Voyager 1 and the x-axis.