Mega Sunspot AR3664
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The sun was quite active yesterday! The prominent mega sunspot is AR3664 which released an enormous X-flare that caused radio blackouts. Quite a spectacular show of prominences on the solar limb as well.
Image details
| Telescope: | Meade Coronado PST 40mm | |
| Length: | 400mm | |
| Aperture: | 40mm | |
| F-stop: | f/10.0 | |
| Sessions: | 1 | |
| Captured: | 2024-05-08 to 2024-05-08 | |
| Lights: | 500 | |
| Exposure: | 0.001 |