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4-30-05 0300UT Adam Stuart

sunspots.jpg

Miami, FL

Sunspot Group 756

Philips ToUcam Pro PCVC740K
10" LX200 @ f/20 with diagonal; ToUcam Pro at 10 fps, 1/1500 shutter speed; Baader mylar full-aperture filter. Stacked in RegiStax ver 2. More than four years after the solar maximum, the sun continues to produce big sunspots. One is transiting the solar disk today: sunspot 756. It is about five times wider than Earth and poses a threat for M-class solar flares. full exif

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