Return of the Mega Sunspot
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Beautiful, sunny day in Newport. I had my tripod aligned from last night, so I attached the solar scope and captured all the activity happening on the sun. The mega-sunspot is AR3697, a new name for the same sunspot responsible for two massive X-flares that combined and hit us head on to produce one of the most intense geomagnetic storms in recorded history back in May.
Image details
| Telescope: | Meade Coronado PST 40mm | |
| Length: | 400mm | |
| Aperture: | 40mm | |
| F-stop: | f/10.0 | |
| Sessions: | 1 | |
| Captured: | 2024-06-07 to 2024-06-07 | |
| Lights: | 500 | |
| Exposure: | 0.001 |
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2024-06-07
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