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Sunspot AR2673 Coronal Loop, Rathi Banerjee

Sunspot AR2673 Coronal Loop

Sunspot AR2673 Coronal Loop, Rathi Banerjee

Sunspot AR2673 Coronal Loop

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The sun showing a double coronal loop! Captured using a DayStar Quark Hydrogen-Aplha filter and a Stellarvue 102mm refractor telescope.

Coronal loops are bright, curving structures that appear as arcs above the Sun's surface. Hot plasma causes these loops to glow. The electrified plasma flows along the curving lines of powerful magnetic fields, giving the coronal loops their characteristic shapes.

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Sunspot AR2673 Coronal Loop, Rathi Banerjee