The Movies SOHO - Explosive Coronal Mass Ejections from the Sun . Comet at 2-6 solar radii from the Sun . Soon, a comet passes into view from the south and disappears behind the Sun. Finally, in an unrelated event, a plainly visible giant puff of solar gas is emitted, representing a large mass ejection in a direction away from the Earth.
Many stars are brighter than the gas, and they create the background scene.
I am happy to marvel at a new impression of our busy star that gives us life, and which affects our environment in many ways that we are only now beginning to understand. For many centuries even astrologers knew that the Sun was in Sagittarius in December and drifting towards the next zodiacal constellation, Capricorn. This was a matter of calculation only, because the Sun's own brightness prevented a direct view of the starfield. It really helps drive home the idea that the Sun is a typical star, although we certainly have a special relationship with it. In the movie, north is at the top of the scene, which corresponds with the orientation of the Sun as seen at midday in the northern hemisphere of Earth.