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The X.6 Class Solar Flare Player, Andrea Girones

The X.6 Class Solar Flare Player

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging
The X.6 Class Solar Flare Player, Andrea Girones

The X.6 Class Solar Flare Player

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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This sparky sunspot region AR3590 has been travelling across the face of the sun all week sending out some of the biggest solar flares so far this solar cycle, including the X .6 flare earlier this week. Using your solar eclipse glasses you could see this giant sunspot from earth without a telescope

The unstable magnetic fields in this sunspot are more becoming and more common as we approach solar maximum. There is even a light bridge across the westmost umbra.

Imaged with a Quark chromosphere solar filter Feb 25th, 2024. A monochrome planetary camera was used

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The X.6 Class Solar Flare Player, Andrea Girones