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The 2023-11-22 Sun, BillyBoyBoy
The 2023-11-22 Sun, BillyBoyBoy

The 2023-11-22 Sun

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging
The 2023-11-22 Sun, BillyBoyBoy
The 2023-11-22 Sun, BillyBoyBoy

The 2023-11-22 Sun

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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It was the day before Thanksgiving.  Ousted from the kitchen, what am I to do on this sunny day?

The march toward solar maximum shined on this day for sure.  All sorts of activity on the sun's face, and notably, an enormous fan-shaped prominence at the 8 o'clock position.  Zoom way in to see it... look closely and you can see the entire loop of material that follows the magnetic lines "southward" back to the sun's surface.

Hover over the picture to see it in mono with sunspot regions labeled.  According to SpaceWeather, there were 174 sunspots on this day, though most are tiny, clustered amongst the larger ones.

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The 2023-11-22 Sun, BillyBoyBoy