Sunspot AR3590
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Sunspot AR3590
The Sun this morning:
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Re: Sunspot AR3590
I was going to say, "Cool!", but...
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Re: Sunspot AR3590
We had a morning of clear sky, now we have rain forecast for a week! So I made the most of it what with the excitement about AR3590!
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Probably best to have it round the right way though, here's version 02, rotated, flipped, cropped and sharpened!
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Re: Sunspot AR3590
As usual, I'm puzzled ...
Most news images of "sun spots" show a raging surface covered with blemishes.
This image shows an image with one sun-spot, as if the sun was a cool as liquid mercury.
Why do we see only one sun-spot instead of thousands?
And no, I'm not going to ask for my money back ...
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Re: Sunspot AR3590
Yabbut, that would have been daytime here, so no probs!
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Re: Sunspot AR3590
Nah! Graeme is about as close to a professional as you can get (assuming of course that you want to be that close to a professional).
He must have stacks of those black cloths he can drape over his head.
You're welcome!
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Re: Sunspot AR3590
Yes, I might have over done the sharpening a bit! I might have got a bit over excited when the big sun spot became more clear!
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Re: Sunspot AR3590
ChrisGreaves wrote: ↑25 Feb 2024, 12:57As usual, I'm puzzled ...
Most news images of "sun spots" show a raging surface covered with blemishes.
This image shows an image with one sun-spot, as if the sun was a cool as liquid mercury.
Why do we see only one sun-spot instead of thousands?
And no, I'm not going to ask for my money back ...
Thanks, Chris
You need a different, more expensive, type of solar filter to show the Sun's prominences and surface detail. But I only have a white light solar filter so I just get cool as liquid mercury! There in fact 12 sunspots showing. The Sun is coming up to Solar Maximum so multiple sun spots are common now.
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Re: Sunspot AR3590
Thanks Graeme
I went searching for images of sun-spots and when I found them realized that I was confusing sun-spots with the sun's surface shoeing structures which Steve Mould descibes in this video.
Mea Culpa.
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Re: Sunspot AR3590
Interesting video.
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Re: Sunspot AR3590
Sad, but true.
Down our way Steve gets the blame for unmade beds, unwashed dishes, tangled contents in the shed, and delays in replying to emails ...
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